Example sentences of "[num] [prep] nearly [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the main factors underpinning the share price was an anticipated shortage of water shares , because of the decision to scale down overseas allocations to increase the public offer from 23.5 to nearly 30 per cent of the offer . |
| 2 | It is particularly heartening to note that telephone ownership amongst pensioners has climbed from 49.8 per cent of households in 1979 to nearly 86 per cent ten years later . |
| 3 | Enrolments in the private sector have grown from under 14 per cent of total enrolments in 1984 to nearly 20 per cent in 1988 . |
| 4 | In terms of area the share of Western Europe rose from 29 to nearly 50 per cent , North America from 12 to 16 per cent , while the sterling area ( developed ) fell from 23 to 13 per cent and the sterling area ( developing ) from 22 to 12 per cent . |
| 5 | In the United States , economists calculate that those who work at home for outside contractors or involuntarily work part-time have doubled since 1980 to nearly 17 per cent of all workers . |
| 6 | In contrast , the South 's population is expected to double before 2025 , thereby increasing its share of the world total from around 75 per cent in 1980 to nearly 85 per cent in 2025 . |
| 7 | For married women this rate increased dramatically over the post-war period , from about 22 per cent in 1951 to nearly 50 per cent in 1979 ( Central Statistical Office , 1978 , 1982 ) . |