Example sentences of "[adj] it [verb] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its share of wool exports rose too , though less strikingly , in 1374–75 and 1424–25 the figure was between 40 and 45 per cent , by 1474–75 it exceeded 50 per cent and in 1524–25 it was 66 per cent . |
| 2 | The success of BEFIEX can be judged by the fact that by 1985 it covered 40 per cent of all manufactures , with a significant increase of the net trade generated ( Fritsch and Franco , 1988 : p. 116 ) . |
| 3 | In 1990/1 it contributed 27 per cent of all tax receipts — not more , it is important to note . |
| 4 | I 'm not sure it has enough erm logic behind it to lead him inevitably onward . |
| 5 | For example , in Maputo City total primary enrolment rose 26 per cent between 1984 and 1986 , whereas country-wide it fell 4 per cent . |
| 6 | In 1987 it won 27 per cent of the Birzeit student vote , 85 per cent of the Hebron University vote , and over 40 per cent of the vote at al Najah , where the threat of violence between secular and religious students provoked the voluntary closure of the university until feelings had sufficiently abated . |
| 7 | ( In 1980 it averaged 28 per cent of family income . ) |
| 8 | A recent government survey showed that while in 1961 only 57 per cent of the total workforce in full-time employment was covered , the proportion increased to 73 per cent in 1970 and by 1974 it reached 80 per cent of men and 78 per cent of women in full-time employment . |
| 9 | The government 's budgetary deficit went up six- or seven-fold , its ability to back paper money with gold went down by more than 50 per cent , and in 1856 it spent 84 per cent of its income on debt repayments and the armed forces , but the private sector suffered less severely than the Treasury and people who engaged in industry or commerce positively benefited . |
| 10 | FACT ONE : It can get to you , however silly it seems 90 per cent of the time . |