Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , responses to us in writing within six weeks of referral rose from 25% of cases in the first audit to 60% in the second . |
| 2 | For example while Denmark had saved 30% and France 25% of energy in the industrial and housing sectors the UK had managed only 17% . |
| 3 | He said a petition containing 500 names over 95pc of households in the village had been sent to the Welsh Office calling for a second public meeting . |
| 4 | The frequency of agents found in our patients was similar to those reported in earlier studies from Western Europe and the USA , except for cryptosporidium which was detected in 5% of our patients , ina bout 10% of patients in the USA , but in more than 20% of patients in Great Britain and France . |
| 5 | This enables the labour market model to be estimated in both quarterly form and also provides data of interest in the field . |
| 6 | Mr McCartney said a survey revealed that 40pc of households in the estate had no car and 60pc could not afford an annual holiday . |
| 7 | That would have given it around 90% of seats in the lower house and , since the opposition would never accept that prospect , the bill seemed destined for the dustbin . |
| 8 | Only 13% of antral tumours were surrounded by histologically normal mucosa compared with over 50% of tumours in the cardia . |
| 9 | An estimated 50% of women in the world who want to stop having children are able to fulfil that wish by these means . |
| 10 | Well over 50% of restaurants in the UK now include English wines on their lists . |
| 11 | For Gavarnie is the old headquarters of mountaineering in the Pyrenees , a centre not only for excursionists but for the hard men , aiming for dangerous ascents of the rocks . |
| 12 | In a related move Union Carbide will sell £500m of assets in the next 18 to 24 months to reduce its debt ratio . |
| 13 | The predicted group membership corresponded to the actual group in 100% of cases in the basal condition , 80% in the 100 mg/day gliadin microchallenge group ( 10% were misclassified in the other groups ) , 80% in the 500 mg/day gliadin microchallenge ( 20% were misclassified in the 100 mg/day group ) . |
| 14 | 68% of respondents in the first survey thought televising would ‘ make MPs improve their behaviour ’ , but this declined to 48% after three months of the experiment . |
| 15 | It was in her Renault car , submerged under 20ft of water in the River Severn . |
| 16 | Police in Rotterdam have seized 726lb of cocaine in the biggest-ever haul in Dutch criminal history . |
| 17 | The men were paid a rate depending upon the nature of the ground and were producing 2½ tons a week , giving a yield of 2–3 cwt. of metal in the ton but none more than 3 . |
| 18 | COLONEL FRANK MORGAN , who has died aged 99 , served with the Imperial Camel Corps in the campaigns against the Turks in the First World War , and with the Royal Corps of Signals in the Second . |
| 19 | Pipe Major Tom Buchanan and the Boys and Girls of Monkstown Mossley School Band had a glorious day when they took second prize and Best Corps of Drums in the Novice Juvenile Band section . |
| 20 | I think it 's very instructive that er H B F did n't deny that they 'd made a mistake on this number and just talking about old people , er the fact is that eighty five percent of deaths in the county occur to people aged over sixty five . |
| 21 | I would say ninety five percent of people in the village are employed at the local colliery . |
| 22 | By 8.00am there was 16ft of water in the hold which the pumps could not reduce . |
| 23 | a fish of flame in the shadowy |
| 24 | In the past year 13% of practices in the area served by Lambeth , Lewisham and Southwark Family Health Services Authority have kept detailed records of their consultations and referrals to hospital outpatient departments . |
| 25 | The explanation for this is partly cultural — the legendary loyalty of the Japanese employees ( and bearing in mind that an estimated 75% of misuse in the West is carried out by insiders ) ; and partly technical — the current predominance of internal networks . |
| 26 | The Board made it clear that ‘ if a School Board is resolved upon , the arrangement by which the Company now pay rates upon their cottage property will be terminated , and that the rates will have to be paid by the tenants themselves : On the other hand , if the Board is not decided upon , the Company will combine with the remaining £4,000 of assessment in the Parish with a view of providing a small Infant School at Old Bradwell . |
| 27 | The planned partial flotation of Optus Pty Ltd , Sydney , Australia — expected to raise about $100m and release at least 5% of equity in the company — has been deferred until at least late 1994 : the reason for the delay is said to be to gain more detailed information about market share splits between Optus and the Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corp , says the Australian Financial Review . |
| 28 | Capital grants for drainage under both AHDS and AHGS schemes in the LFA should be reduced to 30% of costs in the proposed ‘ mountain zone ’ and ‘ intermediate zone , , and to 22 ½%; of costs ( the level outside the LFA ) in the ‘ marginal zone ’ in order to reduce incentives to drain upland wetlands and species-rich wet pastures/meadows . |
| 29 | In doing this research , Durkheim collected the statistics of suicide in the various areas and regions of France , and of other European countries . |
| 30 | Twelve per cent of men and 12% of women were graduates , compared with 13% of men and 6% of women in the general population . |