Example sentences of "[adv] over [num] per cent [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already over 60 per cent of the world 's children are immunised . |
| 2 | This meant that a " yes " vote was cast by just over 61 per cent of registered electors , and around 56 per cent of all Soviet citizens of voting age . |
| 3 | Just over 18 per cent of the Tiger Index Fund will follow each of the DTI approved markets such as Hong Kong , Singapore and Malaysia and half this percentage will go into others . |
| 4 | Just under 30 per cent of black trainees obtain work as opposed to just over 45 per cent of their white counterparts . |
| 5 | In 1424–25 its share of these was just over 46 per cent of the national total , in 1474–75 ( though perhaps exaggerated by the absence of the Bristol and Newcastle returns ) nearly 72 per cent and in 1524–25 81.75 per cent . |
| 6 | As can be seen from table 6.6 , the proportion of all families with dependent children which are headed by a single parent increased from just over 8 per cent in 1971 to just under 12 per cent in 1981 . |
| 7 | On the six new long-term capital issues they made between 1948 and 1955 to finance expansion — each for £100–200 millions — they paid a rate which rose from a little over 3 per cent initially to just over 4½ per cent by 1955 . |
| 8 | In 1984 just over six per cent of all workers , or some 1 .5m people , regarded their jobs as temporary . |
| 9 | On the basis of self-classification , just over six per cent of the labour force in Britain in 1984 could be described as having temporary jobs . |
| 10 | A consequence of the recession has been a reduction of just over six per cent in the 5,000 worldwide workforce in the past 12 months . |
| 11 | The Wellington trainer , who has a strike rate of just over 37 per cent at the Lancashire course , landed a double there yesterday with all-the-way winners Tri Folene and Star 's Delight , and it would come as no surprise if he doubled that score today . |
| 12 | Just over 10 per cent of the bottom two bands gave an answer which indicated they had used the wrong scale . |
| 13 | The provision of art and design education has grown relatively slowly in the post-war period so that in November 1979 , for example , there were only 34,707 students taking courses leading to recognized qualifications in art and design of whom 19,988 were on non-advanced courses , and 14,719 on advanced courses ; these represented just over two per cent of all students in further education studying for recognized qualifications . |
| 14 | Just over 70 per cent of students had been in receipt of an SERC award whilst on their Advanced Course . |
| 15 | Hence the equation leaves unexplained just over 70 per cent of the total variance , or conversely it explains just under 30 per cent of the variance [ ] . |
| 16 | For example , Britain received $3.2billion of the $12.8billion Marshall money — worth just over 7 per cent of all our imports of goods and services over the five years . |
| 17 | Grossing up their results the authors of the inquiry suggested that just over 7 per cent of all jobs in the economy were temporary . |
| 18 | Its importance sharply decreased for those in their early 20s , to stand at little above the average and fell gradually as age increased , to reach just over eight per cent for over-55 year olds . |
| 19 | Japan now has 27 national parks , covering just over 5 per cent of the total land area , and over 50 quasi-national parks . |
| 20 | The National Child Development Study of 17 000 children born in 1958 found only just over 5 per cent of 16-year-olds living with a natural parent and an adoptive step-parent or parent 's cohabitee ( Ferri , 1984 ) ; the Family Formation Survey in 1976 found 7 per cent of all children under 16 ( 928 000 ) were living with a step-parent ( Dunnell , 1979 ) . |
| 21 | Just over 43 per cent of the labour force was employed in manufacturing and construction in 1990 , with 2.5 per cent working in agriculture . |
| 22 | These form just over 40 per cent of the East Bank population . |
| 23 | In just over 40 per cent of cases the husband was , as traditional , the sole earner , and , in roughly equal numbers ( 5 per cent each ) were cases where neither spouse earned , and cases where the wife was the sole earner . |
| 24 | The Executive Director , James Grant , added that " aid for primary health care , including family planning , primary education , and rural water supply and sanitation , totals only just over 3 per cent of the industrialized world 's aid " . |
| 25 | When one reflects on how unpopular our own Government becomes with a recession which causes GDP to fall by just over 3 per cent from its 1990 peak , it is scarcely surprising that the reform programme in Russia has provoked widespread discontent . |
| 26 | For example , Sweden and France spend just over 9 per cent of GDP on health care , while the United States spends 11 — 12 per cent of GDP on health care ( Leathard 1990 ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The use of a Court Scheme means that opposition minorities have to muster only just over 25 per cent of the voting rights ( or a simple majority in number of shareholders ) to frustrate the takeover . |
| 29 | The Budget increases in excise duties will add just over 0.5 per cent to the cost of living in April , a touch more than last year 's effort , but this could be offset by the switch from poll tax to council tax . |
| 30 | Both , according to the latest figures conjured out of a hat by the French , have just over 35 per cent of the market . |