Example sentences of "showed that [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most recent surveys showed that 72 per cent of homeworkers earned less than the statutory minimum established by the Wages Council ( which the present government is hoping to abolish ) . |
| 2 | The launch of the scheme follows surveys which showed that 80 per cent of cars entering the city have only one occupant . |
| 3 | A supplementary section incorporating prompted problems in addition showed that 46 per cent were bothered by cracked or uneven pavements , 42 per cent by dog dirt , 37 per cent by too much traffic , 32 per cent by uncleared snow or leaves , 24 per cent by vehicles parked on the pavement , and 23 per cent by a lack of pedestrian crossings . |
| 4 | A 1911 survey showed that 46 per cent of the illegitimate children in Britain were born to women who had worked in domestic service . |
| 5 | Results showed that 95 per cent of the registered electorate of 193,800 went to the polls and that 90 per cent of these voted " to remain part of Yugoslavia with Serbia and Montenegro and others who want to preserve Yugoslavia " . |
| 6 | Results showed that 95 per cent had voted in favour of a " sovereign and independent Macedonia with a right to enter a union of sovereign states of Yugoslavia " . |
| 7 | The company says system trails showed that 95 per cent of data messages were successfully transmitted which it reckons is better than the other means of mobile communication . |
| 8 | The Wolfenden Committee 's ( 1978 ) survey of voluntary work in the social service field showed that 14 per cent of the national sample reported undertaking some work of that kind in a twelve-month period . |
| 9 | A recent survey showed that 18 per cent of the births were unattended and 35 per cent of institutions had maternity beds with more than one patient to a bed . |
| 10 | The results showed that 69 per cent of all beech and 78 per cent of yew had some form of dieback . |
| 11 | Thus , a survey in November 1979 showed that 69 per cent preferred Edward Kennedy as the Democratic candidate for the presidency as compared to 31 per cent for Jimmy Carter . |
| 12 | On 1 July a SOFRES poll in Le Figaro showed that 69 per cent of those asked predicted a ‘ Yes ’ vote . |
| 13 | The MORI poll conducted for the Sunday Times ( Jan 1988 ) showed that 11 per cent considered the quality of primary school education as excellent and a further 61 per cent as good . |
| 14 | A poll of Nursing Times readers showed that 70 per cent had suffered sexual intimidation at work . |
| 15 | A survey by Spectrum Communication Group showed that 70 per cent of the companies questioned intended to increase their budget allocation to conferences for 1985/86 , whereas only 19 per cent estimated that their budgets would be decreased . |
| 16 | A subsequent Gallup poll showed that 57 per cent of the people polled supported his actions . |
| 17 | An analysis of the birthplaces of all the heads of households recorded in the 1851 census showed that 57 per cent were born outside Ashbourne . |
| 18 | The programme is based on a study carried out last year , which showed that 57 per cent of eastern residents drank below-standard water , and that 36 per cent breathed air which contained levels of sulphur dioxide above safety levels . |
| 19 | Quality tests showed that 99 per cent of samples met existing standards , he claimed . |
| 20 | As early as June 1992 the Wickert Research Institute , from a poll of 4,219 voters , showed that 74 per cent felt that Germany could no longer afford European Union ; 81 per cent wanted a referendum on monetary union ; 82 per cent of these said that they would be against replacing the Deutschmark with the ECU . |
| 21 | A study of persons who suffered accidents resulting in paraplegia and tetraplegia showed that 75 per cent of the professional group found similar employment two to three years after the onset of disability and the remaining 25 per cent were unemployed . |
| 22 | Delayed tests of the interactive video trainees showed that 75 per cent were successful in retaining what they had learned compared with 59 per cent of the classroom trainees . |
| 23 | There is a fundamental contradiction between the official figures ( which , as Teddy perfectly fairly pointed out , showed that 75 per cent of those who went on Government schemes did secure subsequent employment ) and the common experience that such jobs tended to last only for a few months . |
| 24 | The Widdicombe Report ( 1986 , para. 6.57 ) showed that 85 per cent of councillors are elected in the name of a political party . |
| 25 | A study in 1987 showed that 44 per cent of adults could not understand a basic fire safety notice . |
| 26 | In their recent survey , Goacher et al ( 1988 ) showed that 76 per cent of LEAs recorded a ‘ substantial increase ’ in the number of welfare assistants/non-teaching auxiliaries and 65 per cent indicated that this was an area attracting priority finding . |
| 27 | This covered 69 judges of the Supreme Court , House of Lords and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and showed that 76 per cent had attended ‘ major public schools ’ ( not further defined ) and the same percentage had been to Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 28 | A referendum on the issue on March 17 showed that 81.3 per cent of voters on Etorofu and 70.2 per cent on the other islands were opposed to the islands being returned to Japan . |
| 29 | The 1969 Crowther survey showed that 26 per cent of consumers had never used any of the main forms of credit . |
| 30 | A survey conducted by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce showed that 55 per cent of companies had postponed further investment decisions , while another 36 per cent were still debating what to do . |