Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [n mass] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a country where only 3% of the land could be used for agriculture but where farmers received considerable financial assistance from the government to ensure that rural communities continued to be viable . |
| 2 | This particular accident , like so many others , would never have happened if just one of the dozen or so people at the launch point had recognised the danger and shouted ‘ stop ’ . |
| 3 | She had been expecting the pool to be almost empty at that time of day and was surprised to see that there were about a dozen or so people in the water . |
| 4 | There may be a million or so people in the land who have the capacity to turn their hands to anything that 's going without feeling frustrated , or rebellious , or losing self-respect . |
| 5 | There were twenty or so people in the room . |
| 6 | By 1990-91 , the cost of collection had increased by 83.5 per cent and amounted to £43,558 million , or about £12 of the community charge payable by adults . |
| 7 | There are 5,300 in the UK covering about 16,270 square kilometres — or about 7% of the land . |
| 8 | From then until harvest the size of the flattened areas steadily increases until it totals well over 1ha ( 2.5 acres ) , or about 3% of the wheat area . |
| 9 | Because lianes often tie together several trees , felling of one tree may lead to considerable damage to others , while logging tracks ( Figure 9.2 ) may take up to 10% or even 30% of the forest area . |
| 10 | Davies added that she had been present at a phone conversation in December when Doyle had assured one of the players that all $300,000 of the prizemoney was ‘ in the bank . ’ |
| 11 | In the same month he told a Nuffield conference that his proposals should ensure that only 6% of the workforce were unemployed . |
| 12 | It 's really ironic that suddenly people from The Independent are really into it because it 's safe to be behind something that 's been and gone and proved its worth . |
| 13 | Ninety ( 72% ) patients were over 70 , although only 14% of the population studied were above this age . |
| 14 | Only when the angle of impact is less than about 20° above the surface is the direction of the body preserved , as an elongation of the crater in the impact direction . |
| 15 | On contemporary art sales undoubtedly enduring a difficult period at present he noted that even at the highest point of the market , revenue had not amounted to more than about 20% of the house 's total sales . |
| 16 | As for NT , Microsoft is back describing it as primarily a server operating system , and acknowledging that vendors are unlikely to bundle it with more than about 10% of the desktop machines they ship . |
| 17 | As for NT , Microsoft is back describing it as primarily a server operating system , and acknowledging that vendors are unlikely to bundle it with more than about 10% of the desktop machines they ship . |
| 18 | Indeed , it is the closest planet to the Sun and at its maximum elongations is never more than about 28° from the Sun . |
| 19 | Unless the wind is more than about 45° to the direction of take-off , a strong cross wind seldom creates problems . |
| 20 | Market estimates suggest that about 30% of the turnover of German government bonds ( bunds ) , 50% of the turnover in international deutschmark straight issues , and 80%-90% of the turnover of deutschmark FRNs occur in London . |
| 21 | The Halifax says that about 20% of the money deposited in Tessas was new money — the remaining 80% was transferred from other accounts already held with the society . |
| 22 | A survey conducted in 1988 by the Treasury and the Stock Exchange found that about 21% of the population owned shares . |
| 23 | This means that about 90% of the adult patients with ulcerative colitis have a normal genotype . |
| 24 | Despite this , Bob advises that about 60% of the airframe is composed of new parts — all fashioned from specs and materials as quoted in 1934 Fairey Aviation manuals . |
| 25 | Mr Kido says that almost 70% of the company 's customers in the Tokyo area are under the age of 29 . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , if we adjust the above findings , they suggest that almost 40% of the public feel that mentally handicapped people should be segregated from the rest of society ; around the same proportion would dislike the idea of a mentally handicapped child being at the same school as their child and around 70% feel that mentally handicapped people should not be allowed to marry and have children . |
| 27 | One factor in its favour is that almost 40% of the JKAP consists of Hindus from the Hindu-majority region of Jammu . |
| 28 | This means that over 20% of the world 's oil consumption is burnt in vehicle engines while in industrialised-countries the proportion is far higher . |
| 29 | We know from many surveys of public opinion that over 70% of the public would wish their organs to be used for transplantation after death . |
| 30 | Although only 10×20m , it encompassed nine trees , two of them about 7m high , and only 2m from the back of the house . |