Example sentences of "[prep] [art] other [adj] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 For the other forty per cent I offered to go and collect him and as there were no other takers , I got the job .
2 This bulletin contains items about what happened to some of the other 1 per cent . ’
3 The self-contained social circle of most farmers , commented upon in Chapter 3 , does not particularly lend itself to such empathy , but farmers will ignore the aspirations of the other 97 per cent of the population at their peril — and so , for that matter , will conservationists .
4 Seventy per cent of the college students were Black , a significant number of the other 30 per cent were active in the National Front .
5 The trust 's portfolio was 55 per cent invested in UK equities , with the other 45 per cent in overseas markets , practically the same proportions as last year .
6 I am concerned about what on earth is wrong with the other 14 per cent .
7 of the economy and I never understand why the Labour party is not interested in the other 80 per cent .
8 In the section on special needs the report notes that in 45 per cent of schools pupils are withdrawn for group lessons concentrating on basic language and numeracy , while in the other 55 per cent of schools special needs teachers work alongside the subject teachers in the normal classroom setting .
9 of the county , so that although some of these sites are of great importance to birds , most birds are found in the other 99.5 per cent .
10 He declared that 90 per cent of Indonesians belonged to this class of small farmers , labourers , urban workers : and he did not direct his attack upon the other 10 per cent but upon the Dutch who had exploited them and the Chinese entrepreneurs who lived off their labour .
11 What happened to the other 90 per cent ?
12 Eighty per cent of it I duck , but people look at the other 20 per cent you do and because it is 50 per cent more than others do , it appears , as you say , that you are a self-promoter . ’
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