Example sentences of "and [adv] under [adj] per cent " in BNC.

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1 But in the two most acute categories of learning difficulties , severe and profound , these children were found to be over-represented by more than 300 per cent and just under 200 per cent respectively compared to native English speakers .
2 But in the two most acute categories of learning difficulties , severe and profound , these children were found to be over-represented by more than 300 per cent and just under 200 per cent respectively compared to native English speakers .
3 According to reports nearly 50 per cent of Spain 's 36,736 prisoners were believed to have some form of addiction and just under 25 per cent were said to be HIV positive .
4 Between 1929 and 1936 unemployment averaged 16.9 per cent across Great Britain , but it ranged from 7.8 per cent in the South-east to 30.1 per cent for Wales , 22.7 per cent for the North-east and just under 22 per cent for Scotland and the North-west .
5 About 5 per cent of the manual work-force was enrolled in an occupational pension scheme , and well under 5 per cent owned their own property : in consequence , most old people depended on selling their labour power in an over-stocked labour market in order to live .
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