Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] 40 [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For each criterion sample tasks are illustrated together with success rates for the lowest 40 per cent of attainers ; difficulty factors and common errors are also pointed out . |
| 2 | It was they who caused a reluctant minister to accept , in 1963 , the introduction of an examination at 15 + other than O level ( the CSE examination ) specifically designed for the next 40 per cent of the ability range below the 20 per cent for whom 0 level was thought to be appropriate . |
| 3 | Cockcroft stated that the list should " constitute by far the greater part of the syllabus of those pupils for whom CSE is not intended , that is , those pupils in about the lowest 40 per cent of the range of attainment in mathematics " . |
| 4 | Direct comparison of the results showed that the performance of the pupils in the project 's sample was extremely close to that of the lowest 40 per cent of attainers in the APU surveys . |
| 5 | The location and other characteristics of the schools associated with the project suggested that the sample of low attainers drawn from them would be representative of the lowest 40 per cent of attainers nationally . |
| 6 | But we have always been looking for the cause of the extra 40 per cent . |
| 7 | Routine maintenance and the extension of the system to more departmental users will continue to take up time , as will dealing with the planned 40 per cent growth in the FTEs on the Modular Course between 1986 — 87 and 1991 — 92 . |
| 8 | Portes suggests that UN agencies , using a more restricted definition of informal proletariat , would equate it with the poorest 40 per cent . |
| 9 | One thousand buildings have been constructed to these standards at costs of one per cent more but with a resulting 40 per cent cut in heating bills . |
| 10 | On March 7 hundreds of government employees had reportedly rioted in Salta , 1,600 km north-west of Buenos Aires , in protest at Menem 's plans to cut state spending , and thousands more participated in a nationwide strike on March 21 , an estimated 40,000 demonstrating in Buenos Aires for an end to privatization and for wage increases to compensate for an estimated 40 per cent rise in prices in the first two weeks of the month . |
| 11 | Even Scotland was far removed from the necessary 40 per cent margin . |
| 12 | The SMP assessment scheme was developed alongside the SMP G materials for use with fourth and fifth year students in the lowest 40 per cent of the attainment range . |
| 13 | The South does n't stand out in the resulting map ( figure 5.2 ) , although none of the States of the former Confederacy falls in the top 40 per cent on their ranking , except Florida whose population character and structure has changed very substantially in recent decades as a result of immigration , especially of the elderly . |
| 14 | By contrast , the annual baseball World Series pulled in 20 per cent of the potential U.S. television audience , while the Super Bowl pulled in a whopping 40 per cent share . |
| 15 | There was widespread support for an extension to the temporary 40 per cent tax allowance for investment in plant and equipment introduced last autumn , but 66 per cent of participants disapproved of any proposal to move the burden of tax on to increased National Insurance contributions . |
| 16 | Will the Minister confirm that the present Government have introduced higher taxes than any other Government , and that they have increased national insurance contributions for those on average and low pay by a massive 40 per cent ? |
| 17 | The numbers playing in Ulster has increased by an estimated 40 per cent in the last decade or so . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , Clinton 's dignified television performance ( seen by an estimated 40 per cent of the electorate ) , together with inconsistencies in some of the claims of Flowers , and the withdrawal of the Nichols lawsuit , appeared to have rescued the Governor 's campaign from the point of destruction . |