Example sentences of "was just [adv] [adj] per cent " in BNC.

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1 At £2,077 million it was just over 26 per cent up on April , and 52 per cent up on the corresponding month in 1992 .
2 In 1424–25 its share of these was just over 46 per cent of the national total , in 1474–75 ( though perhaps exaggerated by the absence of the Bristol and Newcastle returns ) nearly 72 per cent and in 1524–25 81.75 per cent .
3 This was just over 50 per cent above February 1990 , and five per cent more than in January .
4 For comparison , the figure for the USA in 1970 in terms of net output was just under 35 per cent [ Hannah and Kay , 1977 ; Hart and Clarke , 1980 ] .
5 The turnout was just under 50 per cent .
6 The average expectation of interest rates under the Tories was just below 10 per cent , while under Labour rates are expected to rise to 11.6 per cent .
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