Example sentences of "[art] third or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is half the typical findings for France , and far less than the third or more often reported from eastern Europe or from Japan in the same centuries . |
| 2 | We had failed to discover a third or even fourth hole and still the water was rising . |
| 3 | Species of Inga ( Leguminosae ) with them on their rachis have herbivore damage reduced by a third or even a half . |
| 4 | Whereas an adult can fairly ‘ comfortably ’ lose a pint of blood , a child losing the same amount may be drained of as much as a third or even half of her total supply . |
| 5 | On bushes and standards , prune strong new stems to 4–6in , shorten weaker growths and remove very spindly tips on climbers ; shorten weak growth by half and stronger stems by a third or more according to desired height . |
| 6 | Seventy-four per cent of women who were married in 1900–9 who reached two children went on to have a third or more . |
| 7 | The increased number of pensioners in the top half of the income distribution is the result of pensioners ' average net incomes rising by a third or more in real terms because of the policies of the Government . |