Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a third " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that it accounts for perhaps a third of the sales of ICI Chemicals & Polymers — about the same proportion as does the latter in the whole of ICI . |
| 2 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 3 | The imminent loss of perhaps a third of the cream of Russian science , he says , demonstrates the importance of taking rapid action , by whatever means available , to help those still willing and able to do science . |
| 4 | He argues : ‘ I have little doubt that on average we will see a premium of about a third , but it could take a few weeks to get there . |
| 5 | The changes are expected to provoke the loss of about a third of France 's 8,300 dock jobs and an end to the power of the CGT union . |
| 6 | The overall mortality reduction in the five included community studies ( fig 1 ) was highly significant , both statistically ( two tailed p<0.0000001 ) and clinically : a common odds ratio of 0.70 ( 0.62 to 0.79 ; confidence interval not adjusted for cluster design of community studies ) indicating a risk reduction of 30% — that is , a reduction of about a third in mortality from all causes . |
| 7 | In these conditions I wanted to get rid of about a third of the original sail area and so that 's it , now I 'm sailing much more happily instead of struggling against the boat I 'm sailing in harmony again . |
| 8 | I do n't know whether he 's read the County Farms Estate report , but it was actually option two , was one of the proposals we had to consider , which was to was to dispose of about a third of the estate , reduce it from twelve thousand acres to nine thousand acres , which was actually rejected at erm , the property sub-committee by all parties , including Labour . |
| 9 | Technical developments in both polyethylene film and paper production have led to material savings of about a third for the same performance , good news environmentally and commercially . |
| 10 | For example , in October 1974 the Labour Government secured the support of 39.2 per cent of those who voted and just over a quarter of the electorate ; in 1979 the Conservatives gained 43.9 per cent of the vote and the support of around a third of the electorate ; and in 1983 , the Conservative landslide of seats ( their parliamentary majority trebled ) was based on just 42.4 per cent of the vote — less than they got when they lost in 1964 , less than they got in 1979 , the fifth-lowest Conservative vote since the war , and the lowest vote-count by a government with a secure majority since 1922 . |
| 11 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has published a document setting out ways of protecting groundwater , the source of around a third of Britain 's drinking water . |
| 12 | At the end of 1990 , the latest date for which figures are available , the number of businesses registered for VAT in the United Kingdom was 1.7 million , compared with 1.3 million at the end of 1979 — an increase of almost a third . |
| 13 | By 1932 , when Hitler was running for Reich President and the Nazi Movement was gaining the support of over a third of the population , the ‘ Jewish Question , scarcely featured in Hitler 's public addresses . |
| 14 | So dramatic , indeed , has been the impact of privatization and contracting out of services , and of other local government changes , that a reduction of over a third in the total number of local authority employees over the next five years has been predicted by one senior official ( Davies , 1988 ) . |
| 15 | After 1976 there was a massive decline in manufacturing as a whole with a fall of over a third in total manufacturing jobs in the region between 1976 and 1984 . |
| 16 | The court might be in a foreign country , there to try a citizen of yet a third nation , but it was her element and she was relieved to be back in it , even though she could take no active part in the trial . |
| 17 | Consider financial services , for example , which already account for nearly a third of GDP . |
| 18 | Japanese industry now accounts for nearly a third of sales . |
| 19 | European turnover was $100m for the year , which accounted for nearly a third of Sequent 's total sales . |
| 20 | Officially responsible for nearly a third of the 150,000 divorces granted annually . |
| 21 | With only a third of Britain 's 10,000 practices so far computerised , and practice systems costing on average well over £20,000 , 1990 will be a bonanza year for the computer industry . |
| 22 | Thus a half of lone women aged 60–4 receive income from occupational schemes compared with only a third of those aged 75 and over . |
| 23 | At the other extreme , special educational needs — with only a third as many courses as social issues — accounted for slightly more teacher-days , although still only 11 per cent of the total time . |
| 24 | The amateur actor was born with only a third of a kidney and has been on dialysis for the past four years . |
| 25 | Mathematics journals had the highest standing internationally , with nearly a third of contributions coming from abroad . |
| 26 | More than 170 Consort hotels welcome dogs , with about a third offering something a bit special — Bona-Fido — which operates a bit like the AA 's rating , but with stars switched for bones . |
| 27 | As the ship 's bow was manoeuvred into the wind and with about a third of the anchor cable out , she ran aground at 7.30pm . |
| 28 | At dawn Charles and Louis moved northwards with about a third of their troops to occupy the wooded hill overlooking Lothar 's camp at Fontenoy itself . |
| 29 | The fast growth in the sixties gave an ‘ age-bump ’ that has been a bit of a problem , with about a third of the IBM population between 40 and 50 now , and a steady rise in the average age in this ‘ young men 's business ’ to about 38 in 1989 . |
| 30 | With about a third of a cup of milk , you mix it up with some sugar and then you put boiling water in . |