Example sentences of "males and [adj] [unc] cent of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority , 78 per cent of males and 75 per cent of females aged 65 + , thought that people were healthier than in their parents ' time . |
| 2 | Following the section assessment 84 per cent of males and 95 per cent of females were considered to suffer some kind of mental disorder . |
| 3 | Interviewing people aged between eighteen and twenty-four in Sunderland , the team found 31 per cent of males and 26 per cent of females had never had full-time paid employment . |
| 4 | In this group , 38 per cent of males and 27 per cent of females demonstrated hypertriglyceridaemia . |
| 5 | The percentage reporting that they sometimes felt lonely increased from 10 per cent of males and 16 per cent of females aged 70 — 74 to 18 per cent and 27 per cent respectively of those aged 85 + ( Victor 1987 ) . |
| 6 | In 1901 about four per cent of males and one per cent of females were literate in English . |
| 7 | Consequently 21 per cent of the population of Great Britain report that they have a long standing limiting illness ( 19 per cent of males and 22 per cent of females ) . |
| 8 | By 1851 its population had soared to 69,542 and the cotton trade provided work for 32 per cent of adult males and 28 per cent of the women . |