Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [adv] [num] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think there 's sufficient weighting on the course in art for the child to make it work … if you kill the word ‘ exam ’ and just call it a ‘ set piece ’ , and say ‘ This is the final piece of work I 'd like you to do ’ , and see if there 's a climax of five terms ' work , as opposed to some sort of insurmountable hurdle that only 20 per cent of the pupils can get over … ‘ if you do n't make a particularly good job of it , it only carries 40 per cent of the marks and you 've got 60 per cent for the coursework ‘ . |
| 2 | Ministers still stand by Lawther 's conclusion that only 10 per cent of lead in the human body is likely to come from additives in petrol . |
| 3 | The police report that over 40 per cent of burglaries of urban dwellings are break-ins to basement flats . |
| 4 | Similarly , the fact that over 60 per cent of Britain 's exports were dependent on the declining and low-productivity industries in coal , steel , shipbuilding and cotton , caused severe structural problems and rapidly increasing unemployment , when the new pattern of domestic and foreign demand became relatively stabilized in the 1920s . |
| 5 | And study after study comes up , even in this brave new world , about the fact that only eight per cent or so of the child care is actually done by men , and this goes right across the classes . |
| 6 | Of particular significance , given the current concern about AIDS , is the fact that almost 70 per cent of the whole sample group had injected at least once prior to interview with many of these being ‘ casual ’ injectors , that is , chasing daily , but injecting occasionally , for example , at parties . |