Example sentences of "[adv] under 50 per cent " in BNC.

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1 However in East Anglia the South Downs group still supplied a large proportion ( this time somewhat under 50 per cent of the axeheads ) , whereas East Anglian sources , such as Grimes Graves , had apparently cornered only a small proportion of the market .
2 Just under 50 per cent will be available for the individual investor if demand warrants .
3 The societies ' worst point came in 1987 when their market share was reduced to just under 50 per cent ; the banks had 34.5 per cent and other finance companies 16.3 per cent .
4 Over the last twenty years , women have made up just under 50 per cent of all convicted shoplifters .
5 Between 1979 and 1988 the total number of indictable offences known to the police ( ignoring offences of criminal damage of value 20 or less ) increased by just under 50 per cent ( the 1988 total was in fact 4.5 per cent down on the previous year ) .
6 The turnout was just under 50 per cent .
7 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 .
8 However , despite these controls and a general reduction in the proportion of local-government expenditure emanating from central government ( down from over 60 per cent of spending in the 1970s to well under 50 per cent in the following decade ) the Conservative governments elected in 1983 and 1987 decided to continue the process .
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