Example sentences of "over [num] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Mordova on Dec. 22 the Democratic Russia candidate , Vasily Guslyannikov , defeated the incumbent , Nikolai Biryukov.In Yakutia , the incumbent , Mikhail Nikolayev took over 70 per cent of the vote on Dec. 22 . |
| 2 | By 1988 , it had almost doubled again to 600 , and boats based on Iwate took over 90 per cent of the total reported Japanese dolphin and porpoise catch . |
| 3 | ‘ In which case I will automatically take over sixty per cent of the assets . |
| 4 | He took over 69 per cent of the vote , as opposed to just under 30 per cent for his rival , former senator Narciso Irureta , seen as belonging to the left wing of the party . |
| 5 | Blackpool , who offered just £2,000 against City 's valuation of £70,000 , will also have to hand over 25 per cent of any profit on a subsequent transfer . |
| 6 | A few minutes later he 's explaining that he recently left his agent at the powerful Creative Artists Agency so that , unlike almost everyone else in Hollywood , he would n't have to hand over ten per cent of everything he earned . |
| 7 | Cedric Brown , BG 's chief executive , said that competitors had taken over 27 per cent of total contract gas sales last year , compared with just 5 per cent in May 1991 . |
| 8 | However , by the latter years of the century , both Yarmouth and Bristol had declined , and London was taking over 71 per cent of the imports . |
| 9 | After he won last year Tolstikov , who also won the World Cup gold medal because the race was run in conjunction with the London event , had to hand over 20 per cent to the then Soviet federation . |
| 10 | Even though the prices of many of the goods which were used in constructing the retail price index were subject to government control , the official consumer price index increased between January 1970 and September 1973 by 119 per cent and , using this same index , the official rate of inflation in the fourth quarter of 1973 was over 500 per cent . |
| 11 | German industry had laid the basis for its later success in producing steel , chemicals and electrical goods , trade was now in surplus and growth rates were over eight per cent per annum . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Constitution was endorsed by members of the armed forces , whose votes were counted separately , with over 97 per cent backing the changes . |
| 14 | Tribal communities — who have ownership rights over 97 per cent of the country 's land — are becoming more reluctant to sign agreements with the logging companies , the RIC says , while developments such as the " walkabout " sawmill are allowing them to operate their own small-scale logging operations in a more or less sustainable manner . |
| 15 | ‘ You wo n't lose control so long as you retain over fifty per cent of the shares , ’ Adam reassured her . |
| 16 | Over 75 per cent of the Dutch population have accounts at Postbank , though many of these are dormant . |
| 17 | Over 75 per cent of people with secondary syphilis will have some form of rash , and about 50 per cent will have a generalized enlargement of the lymph glands . |
| 18 | In the 1990s over 75 per cent of local spending will , in effect , be funded through central government grant . |
| 19 | He went on to obtain plates centred on about 1300 selected areas scattered uniformly over 75 per cent of the whole sky , on which he was able to recognise some 44000 galaxies down to apparent magnitude about 20 . |
| 20 | On a typical sage grouse lek , just 10 per cent of the males get over 75 per cent of all matings . |
| 21 | This survey , conducted in the mid 1950s when differences between US and Japanese culture were even greater than they are now , found a positive correlation of .87 between these two samples ' dreaming rates for the 34 topics — accounting for over 75 per cent of the variance . |
| 22 | In 1978 , of 74 High Court judges listed , over 75 per cent had attended public schools and , of these , 41 per cent had attended one of the Clarendon Schools . |
| 23 | Despite a boycott in parts of Abkhazia , over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in the elections , in which Shevardnadze stood as the only candidate . |
| 24 | Professor Davis has calculated that over 75 per cent of the growth in English exporting over the first half of the eighteenth century depended on either southern Europe or the Americas . |
| 25 | In terms of size , independent funds are the largest , with over 75 per cent of total venture capital funds invested . |
| 26 | Hearn and Doyle , whose players won over 70 per cent of the prize money on the WPBSA circuit last year , would rather see greater efficiency and cost effectiveness . |
| 27 | Yet a survey study of the 1983 election found that this section of the electorate was the most right-wing of all on issue questions about privatization , incentives versus equality , trade union rights , and comprehensive schools , and that over 70 per cent of them voted Conservative in the election . |
| 28 | Over 70 per cent of both groups were considered psychotic , with rather more men schizophrenic and rather more women suffering affective psychosis . |
| 29 | Graduates of Oxford and Cambridge predominated , and over 70 per cent of all masters had themselves attended HMC ( Headmasters ' Conference ) schools . |
| 30 | If fluid from the prostate and a specimen of the ejaculate are also examined , however , the diagnosis rate increases markedly , and over 70 per cent of male contacts were shown to be harbouring the organism in one series where these exhaustive tests were carried out . |