Example sentences of "showed that [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most recent surveys showed that 72 per cent of homeworkers earned less than the statutory minimum established by the Wages Council ( which the present government is hoping to abolish ) . |
| 2 | As stated elsewhere in this book , a national opinion poll conducted by Southampton University and published on its ‘ Is Anyone There ? ’ programme on Halloween 1987 , showed that nine out of ten people in Britain believed in the reality of at least one psychic phenomenon . |
| 3 | The findings showed that nine out of 10 people were concerned about pollution caused by carbon dioxide and sulpher dioxide emissions , much of which comes from burning coal and oil . |
| 4 | It showed that two-thirds of the top 48 Scottish-based businesses would consider moving south if there were radical changes to the state of the union . |
| 5 | A recent survey showed that two-thirds of French small businessmen had never even heard of patents or trade marks . |
| 6 | The launch of the scheme follows surveys which showed that 80 per cent of cars entering the city have only one occupant . |
| 7 | A recent G M B poll showed that sixty nine percent of people thought the unions should support Labour to balance big biglifs big business and what a major balancing act that is . |
| 8 | And that showed that sixty eight percent of the county is actually covered by one form of national or local environmental restraint . |
| 9 | The OPCS data showed that 77 patients had been admitted because of liver disease on a total of 113 occasions during the study period . |
| 10 | A supplementary section incorporating prompted problems in addition showed that 46 per cent were bothered by cracked or uneven pavements , 42 per cent by dog dirt , 37 per cent by too much traffic , 32 per cent by uncleared snow or leaves , 24 per cent by vehicles parked on the pavement , and 23 per cent by a lack of pedestrian crossings . |
| 11 | A 1911 survey showed that 46 per cent of the illegitimate children in Britain were born to women who had worked in domestic service . |
| 12 | However , Dr. Male said research showed that 200 metres away from lines the fields were extremely low . |
| 13 | Results showed that 95 per cent of the registered electorate of 193,800 went to the polls and that 90 per cent of these voted " to remain part of Yugoslavia with Serbia and Montenegro and others who want to preserve Yugoslavia " . |
| 14 | Results showed that 95 per cent had voted in favour of a " sovereign and independent Macedonia with a right to enter a union of sovereign states of Yugoslavia " . |
| 15 | The company says system trails showed that 95 per cent of data messages were successfully transmitted which it reckons is better than the other means of mobile communication . |
| 16 | The Wolfenden Committee 's ( 1978 ) survey of voluntary work in the social service field showed that 14 per cent of the national sample reported undertaking some work of that kind in a twelve-month period . |
| 17 | An analysis of 49 of these showed that 18 had fathers who were lawyers , 16 had fathers of other professions ( churchmen , doctors , teachers , architects , soldiers ) ; 12 fathers were in business ( of whom one was working-class ) , and 3 fathers were farmers or land-owners . |
| 18 | A recent survey showed that 18 per cent of the births were unattended and 35 per cent of institutions had maternity beds with more than one patient to a bed . |
| 19 | An earlier investigation showed that 18 to 42 month old children playing together in pairs chose gender-appropriate toys in their action based play with toys , but that only girls of 37 to 42 months used girls ' toys more in their pretend play . |
| 20 | Oesophageal motility studies showed that 16 of the 26 patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus had a defective lower oesophageal sphincter as defined by Zaninotto et al and a similar proportion of each group had weak or ineffective lower oesophageal peristaltic amplitude . |
| 21 | The results showed that 69 per cent of all beech and 78 per cent of yew had some form of dieback . |
| 22 | The survey also showed that 69 colleges provided full-time courses for students with severe learning difficulties , when barely a handful had done so five years before . |
| 23 | Thus , a survey in November 1979 showed that 69 per cent preferred Edward Kennedy as the Democratic candidate for the presidency as compared to 31 per cent for Jimmy Carter . |
| 24 | On 1 July a SOFRES poll in Le Figaro showed that 69 per cent of those asked predicted a ‘ Yes ’ vote . |
| 25 | The Benefits Agency spokesman said the figures for budget loans showed that 7,509 people were helped out of the 13,060 applications made . |
| 26 | The MORI poll conducted for the Sunday Times ( Jan 1988 ) showed that 11 per cent considered the quality of primary school education as excellent and a further 61 per cent as good . |
| 27 | Comparison with the rat , feline and human sequences ( 4 , 5 , 6 ) showed that 11 of these 12 changed amino acids were present in the rat or/and in the cat and human sequences . |
| 28 | Even more importantly it showed that millions of electors could be made to take a stand in favour of the League of Nations , towards which many Conservatives were cynical or even hostile . |
| 29 | A poll of Nursing Times readers showed that 70 per cent had suffered sexual intimidation at work . |
| 30 | A survey by Spectrum Communication Group showed that 70 per cent of the companies questioned intended to increase their budget allocation to conferences for 1985/86 , whereas only 19 per cent estimated that their budgets would be decreased . |