Example sentences of "[adv] [det] than a fifth " in BNC.
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| 1 | All in all , exports did not take up more than a fifth of the increase in the output of the economy as a whole . |
| 2 | In 1066 the number of English nuns was a quarter of the number of monks ; the number rose rapidly , but even so , in 1154 they were probably less than a fifth the number of monks . |
| 3 | Even when the purchase of NCR is complete , computers will still make up less than a fifth of AT&T 's business . |
| 4 | ( Even so , it was still carrying out less than a fifth as many maintenance dredging programmes as the North-West and Thames Water Authorities . ) |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |