Example sentences of "[vb past] that [art] fifth " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some it might be fear of violence ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of the lone mothers in their study said violence was a factor in the marital breakdown ) . |
| 2 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 3 | A survey by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals found that a fifth of eligible students applied for help from the government-funded Access Fund last academic year . |
| 4 | Indeed , Utting revealed that a fifth of the elderly population was at or below official subsistence level . |
| 5 | The British Cabinet committee , meeting on 14 November , turned down the US idea , proposing instead a 50–50 division of frequency of traffic on the North Atlantic ; but the following day it decided that the fifth freedom should be accepted , subject to safeguards . |
| 6 | However , both the president of the Board of Trade , Sir Stafford Cripps , and the Dominions Secretary , Lord Addison , thought that the fifth freedom clause went against policy as agreed with the Commonwealth . |
| 7 | But in mid-February it complained that a fifth of primary schools are offering sub-standard teaching in reading . |
| 8 | Circumstantial evidence suggested that the fifth bomb was loaded at Malta and transferred onto PanAm 103 at Frankfurt . |