Example sentences of "[verb] just [adv] [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | The official figure for voter turnout was over 1,600,000 people , representing just over 90 per cent of those registered to vote . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Burmah has just under 30 per cent , which could be sold on to SHV , or another party . |
| 5 | It fielded four candidates who averaged just under 10 per cent where they stood . |
| 6 | From 1955 to 1969 inflation averaged just under 2.8 per cent per annum . |
| 7 | In the domestic market , which represents just over three per cent of coal output , marketing is handled by Central Marketing Services , created when the Solid Fuel Advisory Service was phased out in December 1989 . |
| 8 | Tesco make just under seven per cent . |
| 9 | The Liberal Democrats were averaging just under 19 per cent — a fall of about four per cent on the level of the Liberal-SDP Alliance in 1987 . |
| 10 | Another marked feature of the service industries is the large amount of female labour they employ : among the highest levels were professional and scientific services where it was 70 per cent by 1970 and in both catering and retailing just over 60 per cent . |
| 11 | Its importance sharply decreased for those in their early 20s , to stand at little above the average and fell gradually as age increased , to reach just over eight per cent for over-55 year olds . |
| 12 | Back to our examples : it would be ‘ an act of vandalism ’ to weaken the top 20 arts clients , from Covent Garden down , who snaffle just over 50 per cent of all Arts Council and regional cash , while London and the south-east swallow 57 per cent of all funds . |
| 13 | Ethnic Georgians , who constituted just under 70 per cent of the republic 's population , were assumed to have voted almost unanimously in favour . |
| 14 | Officials of the ruling Socialist Party ( PSOE ) observed that central government had contributed just over 50 per cent to the cost of the Games , while the flying of the Catalan flag and the use of Catalan as one of the four official languages of the Games had been agreed at the outset . |
| 15 | TVMM will have just under 8 per cent and Charles Romaine , the sales director of HTV , said TVMM would be willing to take on any other groups to bring that total closer to 25 per cent . |
| 16 | The provision of art and design education has grown relatively slowly in the post-war period so that in November 1979 , for example , there were only 34,707 students taking courses leading to recognized qualifications in art and design of whom 19,988 were on non-advanced courses , and 14,719 on advanced courses ; these represented just over two per cent of all students in further education studying for recognized qualifications . |
| 17 | In a re-run Senate by-election in Lublin on June 11 , the Citizens ' Committee candidate won almost 51 per cent of the vote against his opponent from Private Farmers ' Solidarity who took just over 48 per cent . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The NDP failed to improve on its popular vote , winning just over 40 per cent , but benefited from the division of the rest of the electorate between Socred and the Liberals . |
| 20 | The Budget increases in excise duties will add just over 0.5 per cent to the cost of living in April , a touch more than last year 's effort , but this could be offset by the switch from poll tax to council tax . |
| 21 | 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 [ ] . |
| 22 | The slower tester ran just below 70 per cent of MHR and found it uncomfortable to push any harder for 10 minutes , let alone 20 . |
| 23 | These form just over 40 per cent of the East Bank population . |
| 24 | For example , Sweden and France spend just over 9 per cent of GDP on health care , while the United States spends 11 — 12 per cent of GDP on health care ( Leathard 1990 ) . |
| 25 | Japan now has 27 national parks , covering just over 5 per cent of the total land area , and over 50 quasi-national parks . |
| 26 | Both , according to the latest figures conjured out of a hat by the French , have just over 35 per cent of the market . |