Example sentences of "a [adj] [conj] a quarter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , trade union students , at around a fifth or a quarter of all short-course students , are a smaller proportion of the total than we hoped . |
| 2 | Mr Bishko says sales volumes need to rise by a fifth or a quarter for the US operation to break even , and more stores will be needed before it makes a satisfactory profit . |
| 3 | Estimates suggest that between a fifth and a quarter of children may spend some time in a one-parent family . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , between a fifth and a quarter of firms within the zones considered that their output , employment and productivity would be lower without on-site incentives . |
| 5 | In the first fifteen years of the nineteenth century re-exporting still accounted for between a fifth and a quarter of total exports . |
| 6 | Other surveys have estimated that as many as a third or a quarter of prisoners may have mental health problems ( Fennell , 1991 ) . |