Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] than a quarter of " in BNC.
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1 | About ⅛″ is a suitable size for a close-mesh net , not larger than a quarter of an inch in the case of a home-made , drilled plate where the holes can be spaced more widely apart . |
2 | Except that , under the Broadcasting Act , passed last November , not more than a quarter of the music INR1 broadcasts can be ‘ pop ’ . |
3 | These figures suggest that slightly fewer than a quarter of our most influential church musicians are professionals , in the sense that they derive the major part of their income from music . |
4 | Office rents have soared in London over the past couple of years but political factors are also significant as government departments make up more than a quarter of moves . |
5 | Nearly 6 out of 10 of our sample take exercise regularly ; slightly more than a quarter of them smoke cigarettes . |
6 | The radial shields are small , slightly less than a quarter of the disk diameter in length , triangular to irregularly rectangular in shape . |
7 | Gold made up less than a quarter of the Company 's exports from West Africa ; its charter recognized recent changes in trading patterns by laying down that the Company was to provide slaves for the English colonies in the Caribbean , and then giving it a monopoly of the trade . |
8 | The radial shields are rounded triangular to teardrop shaped , slightly greater than a quarter of the disk diameter in length , distally contiguous except for a row of granules which runs along the suture . |
9 | In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon . |
10 | In 1856 the Paris Bourse alone listed the share of 33 railway and canal companies , 38 mining companies , 22 metallurgical companies , 11 port and shipping companies , 7 omnibus and road transport undertakings , 11 gas companies and 42 assorted industrial undertakings ranging from textiles to galvanised iron and rubber , to the value of about 5½ million gold francs , or rather more than a quarter of all securities traded . |
11 | This gives a time of about 1.3 seconds for head movements , rather less than a quarter of the earlier figure . |
12 | The reef was now less than a quarter of a mile away . |
13 | For example in Wales there are now less than a quarter of the district councils which were previously in existence . |
14 | Now more than a quarter of all kitchen specialists are members of the association , which offers a range of attractive consumer benefits . |
15 | In 1980 , fewer than 6% of the total school population were attending assisted and independent schools — yet more than a quarter of University entrants continued to be drawn from private schools . |
16 | As it is , women hold barely more than a quarter of all managerial and administrative posts , yet make up nearly half the workforce . |