Example sentences of "[adv] about 70 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a previous double-blind trial , it had been found to be of value in about 70 per cent of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and about 40 per cent of those with osteoarthritis . |
| 2 | During the same period only about 70 per cent of the pupils who complete fifth grade every year will be able to continue their schooling in the regular education system . |
| 3 | Dentine differs from enamel in that the inorganic part constitutes only about 70 per cent by volume . |
| 4 | For now the geologists ' definition is sufficient : the tectonic Pacific is a body that is only about 70 per cent of the area of the conventionally accepted Ocean , and omits the coasts of all the South American and most of the South-East-Asian countries . |
| 5 | ‘ There was too much emphasis on how fast we could grow , ’ he says , but adds that the company is still turning down about 70 per cent of those who apply for an Amex card . |
| 6 | Probably about 70 per cent of the women were in there because of drugs — a phenomenal proportion . |
| 7 | If it is assumed that this country had achieved the minimum level of industrial development by 1850 , then the available circumstantial evidence suggests that by then about 70 per cent of the working class had achieved basic literacy rates . |