Example sentences of "[det] than [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fewer than a fifth of the schools kept records of pupils ' achievements in science . |
| 2 | By 1987 more than half of Scottish consultant psychiatrists were spending some time each week in primary care settings compared with fewer than a fifth in England and Wales . |
| 3 | ‘ We found fewer than a fifth of bank and building society branches publicised the code with posters or leaflets , and staff knew little or nothing about it . |
| 4 | In 1635 , the churchwardens of Beckington in Somerset were excommunicated and imprisoned for defying the authorities ; yet the following year William Piers , Bishop of Bath and Wells , admitted that fewer than a third of the parishes in his diocese had converted their communion tables into altars . |
| 5 | Even in the first year , when fewer than a third of Leeds primary schools were involved in PNP , this requirement accounted for 760 teacher-days ; but from year to year , as more and more schools became involved and as roles proliferated , the investment of time increased until in the fourth year it stood at 2,035 teacher-days . |
| 6 | The mood will change when the group 's new record sells fewer than the last one . |
| 7 | However , they are no more than a first stage . |
| 8 | Your call should not cost more than a first class stamp . |
| 9 | More than a fifth of all executives were covered last year . |
| 10 | A WHIFF of competition sent shares in United States chip maker Intel tumbling at the end of March , wiping more than a fifth off the value of what is arguably Silicon Valley 's most important firm . |
| 11 | BBC And The Communities : There was a ‘ worrying difference between the world portrayed by television programmes alone — dominated by young white men — and the real world where more than a fifth of the population is retired , and more than half are female ’ . |
| 12 | Even in 1824 , André Jullien rated the ‘ light and agreeable but weak wines ’ of Beaumont-sur-Vesle no more than a fifth growth in his five-tier ranking of Champagne . |
| 13 | Since then , observed levels of legal abortion can not be responsible for more than a fifth of the decline in legitimate fertility , although its impact of illegitimate births is greater . |
| 14 | The Tokyo stock market had dropped by more than a fifth in 1990 , with the Nikkei average falling on April 3 by 1,978.38 points to 28,002.07 , a drop of 6.6 per cent , the second largest one-day fall in the exchange 's history and the steepest decline since the crash of October 1987 . |
| 15 | All in all , exports did not take up more than a fifth of the increase in the output of the economy as a whole . |
| 16 | A spokesperson for Upjohn says that the company prefers to maintain an independent anti-AIDS programme , which now receives more than a fifth of the corporate budget for drug discovery research . |
| 17 | This page Business failures : Business failures soared by more than a third in the second half of this year . |
| 18 | That is why figures produced by credit insurer Trade Indemnity , showing the rate of business failures soaring by more than a third in the second half of this year , are so worrying . |
| 19 | Sales — mostly of properties in the North-west of England , so far one of the more resilient areas in the slump - fell by more than a third , from 502 homes to 316 . |
| 20 | More than a third of Britain 's bird species need urgent protection , according to a report by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . |
| 21 | Eight per cent — more than a third of all shareowners — had investments only in privatised companies . |
| 22 | Between 1929 and 1933 America 's national income fell by more than half in money terms , and by more than a third in real terms . |
| 23 | If junior creditors account for more than a third of the creditors , they can force concessions from their senior partners . |
| 24 | The group also rewarded Egypt for its part in the Gulf alliance by agreeing to write off more than a third of the country 's debt to foreign governments . |
| 25 | Not all of them : a black middle class has mushroomed , from about one in ten blacks in 1960 to more than a third today . |
| 26 | The government 's North Sea oil take is depressed at present but will be on a rising trend as production begins to rise again to its 1985 peak and could account for more than a third of public spending . |
| 27 | DAGENHAM Motors , the London and South East-based Ford dealer , sold nearly a fifth fewer new cars last year contributing to a fall in profits of more than a third to £2.1m . |
| 28 | More than a third of the British — some 14 million — will soon be aged 50 or over . |
| 29 | ‘ Looking at those over 16 , we guess that about 3m of these savers are entitled to gross interest but little more than a third — 1.2m — have registered . ’ |
| 30 | Their numbers have grown by more than a third since 1979 , while the number of self-employed people has grown to over 12 per cent of the workforce . |