Example sentences of "find that [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Department of Employment survey in 1988 of individuals attending courses or receiving job-related training , found that just 4.5 per cent of economically active men aged 50–59 and 1.9 per cent of those aged 60–64 had received some form of course or training in the four weeks prior to the interview . |
| 2 | A Swedish study of 19 bottle-fed babies with colic found that over 70 per cent improved when changed to formula feeds that did not contain whole cow's-milk protein . |
| 3 | Phillips and Williams ( 1982b ) found that over 10 per cent of the 1,000 applicants in South Devon were living in bedsitters or caravans , while about one in five were sharing a kitchen , bathroom or WC ; 5 per cent were living in accommodation that lacked at least one of these facilities , and some even lacked mains electricity or water . |
| 4 | Nevertheless the 1976 English House Condition Survey found that over 5 per cent of the rural housing stock was still unfit , and by 1981 this had risen to 6.7 per cent ( Department of the Environment 1978 , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | Not all α-granules may respond in the same way to secretory stimuli ; for example , Zucker et al ( 1979 ) , who found that over 80 per cent of platelet factor VIII-related antigen was present in the α-granules could only demonstrate the release of 30 per cent of this in response to stimulation with collagen . |
| 6 | A survey in a Southwark Salvation Army hostel in 1987 found that nearly 40 per cent of men who had recently moved in had symptoms which pointed to a diagnosis of schizophrenia . |
| 7 | Bradshaw and Millar found that about 85 per cent of all lone mothers had spent some time on income support since becoming a lone parent with 72 per cent still in receipt at the time of the interview . |
| 8 | Bradshaw and Millar ( 1991 ) found that about 17 per cent of the single mothers in their sample had lived with their former partners before becoming a lone parent . |
| 9 | Firth , Hubert and Forge ( 1970 ) in their study of middle-class families , found that about 15 per cent of parent-child relationships were ‘ bad ’ ( as perceived by the child and measured by items such as little or no contact , clear dislike from one party to the other ) and about one third of those examples of ‘ bad ’ relationships concerned mothers and daughters . |
| 10 | When the 1971 Census asked a question about employment status , it found that about 40 per cent more people regarded themselves as unemployed than the official statistics showed . |
| 11 | Furthermore , by 1980 one study found that almost 60 per cent of bank lending to the industrial and commercial sectors constituted ‘ medium-term finance ’ . |
| 12 | The study found that almost 20 per cent developed significant problems including anxiety , depression , fear of driving or being a passenger and many continued to have vivid memories of the accident months after the event . |
| 13 | For example , W. A. Speck 's work on division lists for Queen Anne 's reign shows that the vast majority of MPs voted consistently either Whig or Tory , with a mere 12.2 per cent wavering in their allegiance , whilst in a similar analysis of division lists for William 's reign , usually regarded as a period when party conflict was less clearly defined , Henry Horwitz found that only 14 per cent of MPs voted across party lines . |
| 14 | Toyne ( 1977 ) , in a study in Devon , found that only 16 per cent of school leavers ' first-choice employment was manufacturing , while 59 per cent preferred jobs in offices , retailing or the public sector . |
| 15 | Although she survived a no confidence motion on June 17 [ see p. 38299 ] , a BVA-Paris Match poll conducted on June 14-19 found that only 27 per cent of respondents had a " good opinion " of her ( as opposed to 43 per cent a month previously ) . |
| 16 | Petras and Cook found that only 4.9 per cent of their sample of the top national bourgeoisie were nut dependent on technology that originated from abroad . |
| 17 | Gazzard et al. ( 1976 ) used a questionnaire to ask patients who had taken overdoses of paracetamol about their knowledge of the effects of this substance and found that only 11 per cent knew about the possibility of severe hepatic complications that can occur after an interval of several days . |
| 18 | In 1988 the Consumers ' Association found that only 25 per cent of parents had attended a parent-teacher association meeting in the past twelve months and only 9 per cent had attended a school governors ' annual meeting . |
| 19 | In 1982 , a study found that only 2 per cent of sales in the previous six years had been flats ( General Household Survey 1982 , 1984 , Table 5.44 ) . |
| 20 | For example , on the north Norfolk coast McLaughlin and Singleton ( 1979 ) found that only 15 per cent of visitors had come to birdwatch , compared to 27 and 19 per cent respectively who had come to walk or sunbathe . |
| 21 | Bradshaw and Millar found that only 29 per cent of lone parents received maintenance from their former partners . |
| 22 | The General Household Survey in 1979 found that only 20 per cent of economically active married men supported a dependent wife and children . |
| 23 | Housing authorities have a general duty to house ‘ vulnerable ’ people but a recent survey by the National Children 's Home found that only 50 per cent of authorities would classify as vulnerable a young homeless person with no parents and no support . |
| 24 | Oddly , he finds that about 70 per cent of his clients end up buying very different homes than they originally intended . |
| 25 | A warning note to the churches is that the report finds that only 14 per cent of children are in contact with a church . |
| 26 | An RAC survey also found that over 60 per cent of motorists are thinking of buying a used car , instead of a new one , in order to save money . |
| 27 | For example , in a survey of the Iron and Steel Industry during 1979 , it was found that over 90 per cent of subcontracting companies employed over 300 workers ( Mesatoshi 1980 p.51 ) . |
| 28 | For example , in a survey of the Iron and Steel Industry during 1979 , it was found that over 90 per cent of subcontracting companies employed over 300 workers ( Mesatoshi 1980 p.51 ) . |
| 29 | It was found that approximately 30 per cent of the map area was made up of polygons which did not agree with the initial map descriptions . |
| 30 | The survey , in the British Medical Journal , also found that only eight per cent of doctors knew how to use a thermometer . |