Example sentences of "[adv] [det] than a quarter of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Nearly 6 out of 10 of our sample take exercise regularly ; slightly more than a quarter of them smoke cigarettes . |
| 3 | The radial shields are small , slightly less than a quarter of the disk diameter in length , triangular to irregularly rectangular in shape . |
| 4 | In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This gives a time of about 1.3 seconds for head movements , rather less than a quarter of the earlier figure . |
| 7 | The reef was now less than a quarter of a mile away . |
| 8 | For example in Wales there are now less than a quarter of the district councils which were previously in existence . |
| 9 | Now more than a quarter of all kitchen specialists are members of the association , which offers a range of attractive consumer benefits . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As it is , women hold barely more than a quarter of all managerial and administrative posts , yet make up nearly half the workforce . |