Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] that [pron] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one large finance house which circulates new customers with literature promoting other loan possibilities reported that one in five pursue the offer no indication that the ‘ loans as loans ’ stage is with us yet , but a tribute to the power of the advertising which could bring it closer . |
| 2 | This week 's figures suggest that one in three motorists are buying unleaded , despite the confusion which still exists about which cars can run on which fuel . |
| 3 | The latest unemployment figures show that one in ten people are now without a job . |
| 4 | ( 1 ) Official figures indicate that one in five of southern Italians and a quarter of Greeks and Portuguese work in agriculture , although the numbers significantly dependent on it for their livelihood must be considerably higher . |
| 5 | New technology has increased dust and noise levels , and current dust levels suggest that one in 20 miners may develop lung damage after a lifetime 's exposure , and four-fifths according to a British Coal survey in 1983 were exposed to damaging levels of noise . |
| 6 | In past epidemics , the doctors reckoned that one in ten of those infected would die . |