Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] below [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Conservatives have been in Government , either alone or in coalitions dominated by their party , for sixty-seven of the past 100 years , and their share of the vote at general elections has rarely fallen below 40 per cent . |
| 2 | There is general agreement that Chlamydia trachomatis is the pathogen responsible for a high percentage of cases of NSU , but the best isolation rates still remain below 70 per cent of cases and are more usually in the region of 40 to 50 per cent . |
| 3 | The great depression of the 1930s during which unemployment never fell below nine per cent and at one point exceeded twenty-two per cent , meant that a large section of the population was dependent on insurance and assistance benefits . |
| 4 | This increased to 22.1 per cent in 1974 and subsequently never fell below 10 per cent in that decade . |
| 5 | Between 1871 and 1951 the proportion of adult females who were ( or had been ) married never fell below 60 per cent , reaching 75 per cent in 1951 ( Table 1 ) , and when young unmarried women are excluded , the figure becomes much higher . |
| 6 | Even during the 1920s and 1930s , density never fell below 50 per cent . |