Example sentences of "[prep] just [adv] 50 per cent " in BNC.

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1 McCAW 'S revised offer for just over 50 per cent of LIN Broadcasting is cleverly structured .
2 The test yielded a mean score of just over 50 per cent for all pupils participating .
3 This would constitute an improvement of just over 50 per cent on the original return on the investment in XYZ Ltd .
4 Midland has currently made provisions against just over 50 per cent of its South American debt exposure , in line with Bank of England guidelines .
5 Presidential and legislative elections were held in November 1989 , when Callejas was elected with just over 50 per cent of the vote , and the PN won 71 of the 128 seats in the National Assembly [ see pp. 37038-39 ; 37275 ] .
6 The Glasgow distiller , owned by the mighty American Brands , only needs to advance its 41.3 per cent stake to just over 50 per cent .
7 By 1985–6 it had brought it back to just below 50 per cent .
8 In 1979 almost 65 per cent of places in residential homes were in local authority establishments , but by 1986 the proportion had fallen to just below 50 per cent .
9 The societies ' worst point came in 1987 when their market share was reduced to just under 50 per cent ; the banks had 34.5 per cent and other finance companies 16.3 per cent .
10 Between 1979 and 1988 the total number of indictable offences known to the police ( ignoring offences of criminal damage of value 20 or less ) increased by just under 50 per cent ( the 1988 total was in fact 4.5 per cent down on the previous year ) .
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