Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] over [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grossing up their results the authors of the inquiry suggested that just over 7 per cent of all jobs in the economy were temporary . |
| 2 | The latest official figures ( for 1985 ) released by the Government show that just over 35 per cent of older people were living on incomes at or below the generally accepted Income Support ( then Supplementary Benefit ) poverty line , compared with 10 per cent of people under pension age . |
| 3 | Their scale is demonstrated by the fact that just over 25 per cent of all public sector spending in Britain is accounted for by local authorities . |
| 4 | Moreover , experience demonstrates that once over 50 per cent acceptances have been received and the offer has been declared unconditional as to acceptances , the minority ( particularly institutional shareholders ) often sell . |
| 5 | of applicants were refused community care grant and just over 50 per cent . |
| 6 | At the turn of the century , in 1499–1500 , the figures ( although marred by the absence of any from Southampton ) show London 's share of cloth exports as 68 per cent and of wool as just over 70 per cent ( 66 , pp.77 , 111 ) . |