Example sentences of "for about [num] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weather was lousy again , in fact it was terrible for about three-quarters of the day and it eased off a little when we went out . |
| 2 | The unfair dismissal jurisdiction accounts for about three-quarters of the business of the tribunals . |
| 3 | Around this swathing , for about two-thirds of the length of the trunk from the hips upward , were several turns of a well-made twisted cord , fastened in what is called the half-hitch , in good preservation . ’ |
| 4 | In the next six years , thirty polytechnics were officially designated and since then they have become the major institutions of higher education within further education , catering for about two-thirds of the full-time , including sandwich , students in advanced further education . |
| 5 | Stillbirths account for about two-thirds of the perinatal deaths in Japan . |
| 6 | When applying a varnish , the brush should be dipped into it for about one-third of the length of the bristles and then , holding the brush in a similar way to a pencil , with the fingers holding the metal ferrule and the handle resting between the thumb and first finger , spread the varnish quickly and evenly over a small area . |
| 7 | By the end of the nineteenth century Tamils accounted for about one-third of the population in the Interior area . |
| 8 | This is because both frontbenches accept that it is the function of the House to permit the two sides to state their cases , and each party in power has respected the right of the Opposition to determine the subjects of debate for about one-third of the total time of the House . |
| 9 | Residential considerations were paramount for about one-third of the sample . |
| 10 | The UDA had been blamed for about one-third of the killings of civilians in Northern Ireland over the previous 23 years ( more than 2,000 civilians having been killed during this period ) . |
| 11 | Neither the very big and important financial futures business , which accounts for about 155 of the AFBD 's 400 members , nor the equally important oil market , is represented by the nine elected council members . |
| 12 | Affiliates of TNCs accounted for about one-eighth of the Third World food processing industry , and about 90 per cent of this was in the branded goods and the export sector . |
| 13 | Animal protection groups claim that the EC cosmetic industry accounts for about 50000 of the 200000 tests carried out worldwide on animals . |
| 14 | Scotch , Canadian and American whiskies combined account for about one-half of the distilled spirits sold in the United States . |