Example sentences of "[num] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a survey carried out at the end of October of a sample of 100 of The Times top 1000 companies , it found that 61 per cent of companies were experiencing worse bad debt problems . |
| 2 | In 1981 they audited 708 of the Times top 1,000 ; by 1991 this had gone up to 815 . |
| 3 | We want it done two twelfths of the time . |
| 4 | That 's how many gangs erm that 's two twelfths of the time , so it 's one sixth . |
| 5 | Although the eclipse is only partial at the two highest frequencies , so that the pulses are observed throughout the orbit , strong pulses are seen for only about one-quarter of the time at 606MHz , close to phase 0.75 when the pulsar is nearest to the Earth . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the procedure for Questions , with ministers answering Questions from the two sides of the House alternately , means that , on average , the Government side ( backbenchers and ministers combined ) will take three-quarters of the time . |
| 7 | ‘ The trains between Montreal and Toronto are late three-quarters of the time and the new engines break down regularly . |
| 8 | Rarely , and this was one of the times , she knew she was tied to him by what seemed like a tight cord of anxiety that vibrated to his needs , never hers ; how she was afflicted by him , how he weighed her down . |
| 9 | I want this one to be one of the times when it 's not . ’ |
| 10 | Deputy editor Matthew Symonds said the only way the move could be economic was if one of The Times 's rivals was forced out of business . |
| 11 | but one of the times when we were not chatty , but talked , she said how naughty he 'd got , but I mean she 's never with him |
| 12 | Now this is one of those interesting incidents because it was one of the times when he tells the disciples off . |