Example sentences of "just under [num] per cent [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Half of the theses were cited in the Science Citation Index , with just under thirty per cent of these being self-citations .
2 The small number of observations and the biased nature of the sample did not produce average betas of unity and the effect on the overall portfolio risk was less dramatic , the lowest being 15 per cent for one of the 27-share portfolios and the highest being just under 26 per cent for one of the 2 share portfolios .
3 The latest official evidence shows that just under 70 per cent of adults with a disability — 4.2 million people — are over the age of 60 , compared with 25 per cent of the general population .
4 Ethnic Georgians , who constituted just under 70 per cent of the republic 's population , were assumed to have voted almost unanimously in favour .
5 In an £8m programme AMI is doubling the resources in its psychiatric division , which accounted for just under 5 per cent of group sales last year .
6 Gross national product ( GNP ) grew by an average of just under 5 per cent in 1989 and 1990 , while the annual rate of inflation fell to below 3 per cent by the end of 1990 .
7 The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) .
8 DEMOS took just under 55 per cent of the vote in the Socio-Political Chamber elections , which according to a proportional representation system gave it 47 of the 80 seats .
9 By 1988 there were almost 300,000 , just under 10 per cent of the estimated population of Lebanon .
10 Under the system of proportional representation used in the 1986 election , his party managed to win 35 parliamentary seats with just under 10 per cent of the vote .
11 However , the biennial consideration of High Court Interlocutory fees produced an uprating of just under ten per cent over two years .
12 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 .
13 Over the last twenty years , women have made up just under 50 per cent of all convicted shoplifters .
14 The RAC 's campaign manager , Edmund King , said : ‘ Research shows that just under 50 per cent of experienced drivers would fail their driving test if they took it today .
15 Admittedly the rise is small — from just under 24 per cent of the vote to 25.6 .
16 He took over 69 per cent of the vote , as opposed to just under 30 per cent for his rival , former senator Narciso Irureta , seen as belonging to the left wing of the party .
17 By 1979 , just under 30 per cent of the land in the reformed sector had been restored to its former owners ( Castillo and Lehmann 1982 ) .
18 Just under 30 per cent of black trainees obtain work as opposed to just over 45 per cent of their white counterparts .
19 Hence the equation leaves unexplained just over 70 per cent of the total variance , or conversely it explains just under 30 per cent of the variance [ ] .
20 As can be seen from table 6.6 , the proportion of all families with dependent children which are headed by a single parent increased from just over 8 per cent in 1971 to just under 12 per cent in 1981 .
21 As a result , remand prisoners in 1999 accounted for 22 per cent of the total population in custody , compared with just under 12 per cent in 1976 .
22 Those people who learned before the age of 20 years , the majority of whom had deaf parents ( some had deaf siblings ) , are able to translate effectively just under 60 per cent of the information on average .
23 Just under 20 per cent of the population , however , in both areas complain of spring/summer symptoms and in the oilseed rape area a proportion attributed their symptoms to this crop .
24 It provided for a record deficit of 185,340,000 million forint ( US$2,260 million ) , representing just under 6 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) and slightly less than the deficit expected for 1992 .
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