Example sentences of "[conj] just [adv] [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grossing up their results the authors of the inquiry suggested that just over 7 per cent of all jobs in the economy were temporary . |
| 2 | The latest official figures ( for 1985 ) released by the Government show that just over 35 per cent of older people were living on incomes at or below the generally accepted Income Support ( then Supplementary Benefit ) poverty line , compared with 10 per cent of people under pension age . |
| 3 | Their scale is demonstrated by the fact that just over 25 per cent of all public sector spending in Britain is accounted for by local authorities . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | of applicants were refused community care grant and just over 50 per cent . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | At the turn of the century , in 1499–1500 , the figures ( although marred by the absence of any from Southampton ) show London 's share of cloth exports as 68 per cent and of wool as just over 70 per cent ( 66 , pp.77 , 111 ) . |