Example sentences of "[noun] and over [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the 1989 AMERG survey asked specifically whether the ending of the mandatory scale had led to reductions of fees charged for individual projects and over 68 per cent of respondents stated that it had . |
| 2 | ‘ Britain 's private sector service industries earned almost £32 billion from exports in 1991 and accounted for 57 per cent of GDP and over 60 per cent of employment ’ , the survey said . |
| 3 | Of the population aged 65 years and over 60 per cent are female ( see Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 4 | Data from the Labour Force Survey for the late 1980s indicate that around a half of Afro-Caribbean households and over 70 per cent of Pakistani and Bangladeshi households contained children , compared with around one-third of white households ( Haskey , 1989 ) . |
| 5 | In time of war , the men and women of the Territorial Army make up about one-third of the Army , providing more than half the infantry needed in BAOR and over sixty per cent of the Army 's medical services . |
| 6 | A combination of cars and aircraft provided over 80 per cent of passenger transport in Western Europe and over 95 per cent in the United States . |
| 7 | It has been estimated that 60 per cent of the fascist elite had been members of the armed forces and over 40 per cent saw active service in the first World War . |
| 8 | Half of those making this statement thought they would use it for experimentation and over 40 per cent for information handling . |
| 9 | Flexible working is now ubiquitous — 88 per cent of all operators report flexibility within grades and over 80 per cent across grades . |