Example sentences of "[prep] around a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jobs of around a tenth of Barnsley 's 7,000 borrowers are under threat . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Walls ' ice cream and other frozen food sales in Europe featured prominently in the Uni-lever combine 's third-quarter sales and profit growth of around a sixth . |
| 5 | In 1987 imports into Britain fell by 12 per cent , although with around a fifth of the market we remained easily the world 's biggest tea importers . |
| 6 | Measured by the government 's official poverty line — which counts as poor a family of four with an income below $12,675 , in 1989 dollars — the proportion of blacks stuck at the bottom has refused to budge from around a third for the past 20 years , compared with a tenth of all whites . |
| 7 | By making products sound as if they are good for the environment , manufacturers can ‘ attract extra sales from around a third of the population ’ . |
| 8 | Up to the mid eighteenth century , foreign holdings , predominantly Dutch , amounted to around a fifth of the debt . |
| 9 | The sources also reacted favourably to a statement published yesterday by the erstwhile Communist satellite , the People 's Party , calling for the Communists to be restricted in effect to around a third of a new cabinet . |
| 10 | In the first ten years of nationalisation the proportion in fact declined to around a third . |
| 11 | The latest move comes at a time when ICI 's £1.2bn a year pharmaceutical division , which accounts for around a fifth of group trading profits , is set to emerge from a relatively fallow period . |
| 12 | These account for around a fifth of live births in this group of handicaps , but due to the limited life-expectancy , they are not present in the community . |
| 13 | The company claims that servers will account for $1,000m of its business by the end of the year — they account for around a third of Sun 's revenue now . |
| 14 | The company claims that servers will account for $1bn of its business by the end of the year — they account for around a third of Sun 's revenue now . |
| 15 | Chief Superintendent Meadows added : ’ Excessive speed is responsible for around a third of all vehicle occupancy deaths . |
| 16 | Wandsworth , South London-based GL Software Ltd now has a Windows version of its Updata price quotation and analysis software which transforms personal computers into a Reuters style dealing desk — for around a tenth of the cost . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If that rose even to 1.5 , travel times would drop by nearly a quarter and pollution by around a fifth . |
| 19 | All , however , have reduced their cover — usually by around a third . |