Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] that [adv] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The withdrawal of their support mean that only 13 of 31 senators backed the privatization bill , with 15 ( PC and left-wing parties ) opposed and three , from the Movimento Nacional de Rocha faction of the Blancos , still undecided . |
| 2 | A study by the UK Department of Energy 's Technology Support Unit ( ETSU ) at Harwell revealed that about 60 million tonnes coal equivalent of energy — 18% of total UK energy consumption — was thrown away every year as waste . |
| 3 | The authorities reported that almost 19,000,000 people , or 65 per cent of those eligible , had voted . |
| 4 | For example , in 1979 a French survey of the world literature reported that only 430 cases of ocular , and 350 cases of visceral , larva migrans had been recorded . |
| 5 | Estimates based on contemporary data suggest that about 90 per cent of the population of the Balkans in the sixteenth century lived in rural areas . |
| 6 | One study found that nearly two thirds of patients had had their incontinence for over two years before they first sought professional advice . |
| 7 | The study found that almost 20 per cent developed significant problems including anxiety , depression , fear of driving or being a passenger and many continued to have vivid memories of the accident months after the event . |
| 8 | Furthermore , by 1980 one study found that almost 60 per cent of bank lending to the industrial and commercial sectors constituted ‘ medium-term finance ’ . |
| 9 | In 1982 , a study found that only 2 per cent of sales in the previous six years had been flats ( General Household Survey 1982 , 1984 , Table 5.44 ) . |
| 10 | In 1988 the Consumers ' Association found that only 25 per cent of parents had attended a parent-teacher association meeting in the past twelve months and only 9 per cent had attended a school governors ' annual meeting . |
| 11 | The most recent data found that only 4 ½%; of ethnic minorities had reached the age of 60 ( Social Trends 21 1990 ) . |
| 12 | A report by the European Regional Airlines Association says that only 2 per cent of transport emissions come from aircraft , compared to 94 per cent from motor vehicles . |
| 13 | In a circular sent to branches on 5 December , Brockway estimated that only 30 members would be involved , mostly in the London Division , but possibly in Liverpool also . |
| 14 | ( The NEDC says that already 16 000 more programmers are needed . ) |
| 15 | Recent research shows that only one in ten spinal fractures is being seen by a doctor . |
| 16 | Gorbachev declared that around 150 Soviet advisers remained in Iraq , but that they were leaving as their contracts came to an end . |
| 17 | Research showed that nearly one in ten pints drunk at home last month was imported for personal use , resulting in a loss of revenue of almost £100 million , the society told the Paymaster-General , Sir John Cope . |
| 18 | Market research showed that only 15 per cent of US adults had made a ‘ foreign ’ trip in the three years prior to 1989 — and that included trips to Hawaii and Alaska . |
| 19 | Church-going was being abandoned in favour of the new religion of DIY and other time-consuming pursuits , and research showed that only 3 per cent of the population still indulged in the great British institution of the Sunday lie-in , paper included . |
| 20 | New data indicated that altogether 404,000 sq km had been deforested . |
| 21 | In particular the on- loan flag serves as a lock to ensure that only one lexicographer may modify the contents of an entry at any given time . |
| 22 | During the war opinion polls in the United States implied that around 80 per cent of people supported Bush 's Gulf policy ; this rose further after the start of the land war on Feb. 24 . |
| 23 | What message would my right hon. Friend and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire give us to take back to our constituents in the light of recent research showing that nearly 200 of the top British firms believe that the best way to increase unemployment and inflation and decrease investment would be the calamity of a Labour Government ? |
| 24 | Small wonder that only four months after the Berlin Wall came down East German satirists are finding it hard not to be outdone by reality . |
| 25 | As a result of this change , the Inland Revenue estimates that over 200,000 older married couples have been taken out of the tax system and no longer pay income tax . |
| 26 | The board 's inspectors said that about 40 per cent of incidents of pollution recorded there are due to contamination by silage effluent or slurry . |
| 27 | On Feb. 14 Col. Abdullah al Kandari of the Kuwaiti air force said that over 200 people had been executed since the start of the allied bombing . |
| 28 | In 1990 the World Health Organisation 's ( WHO ) guidelines suggested that only 15–20 per cent of our food energy intake should be derived from fat , with saturated fats contributing less than 10 per cent . |
| 29 | Yes , the Royal College suggested that maybe twenty per cent of all examinations that are carried out er maybe do n't have benefits for the patient , and in that sense are unjustified . |
| 30 | Maps show that about 17 miles north of today 's factory there is a Whessoe Cottage and Grange , and the remains of a manor house . |