Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] than two-thirds [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iliescu won the presidency with almost 86 per cent of the popular vote , and the NSF secured more than two-thirds of the parliamentary seats . |
| 2 | Although this merger initially appeared as a shrewd means of transforming a minority government into a government which commanded more than two-thirds of the seats in the legislature , it also produced a considerable level of public disquiet over its legitimacy . |
| 3 | A BBC survey showed more than two-thirds of churchgoers back women 's ordination . |
| 4 | A BBC survey showed more than two-thirds of churchgoers back women 's ordination . |
| 5 | The Commission would have no automatic powers , however , in cases where at least one of the merging companies ( i ) derived less than pounds 1,750 million of its global turnover in the EC ; or ( ii ) derived more than two-thirds of total turnover from a single EC country . |