Example sentences of "more than one-third [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Aki Kaurismaki , who accounts , with his brother , for more than one-third of the Finnish film industry , makes a movie a year and has a stake in distribution , constitutes a national cinema , all by himself . |
| 2 | Why are more than one-third of those charged accused of public order offences ? |
| 3 | The indications are that the Muslim Brotherhood and its more liberal independent Islamic allies , who jointly control more than one-third of the 80 seats in the lower house , will make further gains in next year 's general election . |
| 4 | Although only a little more than one-third of the farms grew silage the 820 ha grown was similar in amount to that cut for hay . |
| 5 | Senior scientists comprise more than one-third of the company and are dedicated to creating powerful advanced solutions in computer-aided molecular design . |
| 6 | More than one-third of self-poisoners use preparations which can be bought over the counter ( Proudfoot and Park 1978 ) . |
| 7 | THE Tories were slammed last night for presiding over the loss of more than one-third of Britain 's manufacturing jobs — 2.5 MILLION . |
| 8 | Never carry more than one-third of your body weight , and aim to carry about one quarter of it . |
| 9 | More than one-third of the economists either refused to answer the question regarding what is fair , or gave very complex , uncodable responses . |
| 10 | More than one-third of the new volume is filled by various indices which must make Monet the most fully cross-referenced of artists . |
| 11 | And as long as you rent out no more than one-third of your property , your MIRAS ( mortgage interest tax relief ) is not affected . |
| 12 | One recent study ( Jowell and Airey , 1984 ) for example , found that rather more than one-third of the sample described themselves as racially prejudiced . |
| 13 | It has been estimated that more than one-third of the land area of the United Kingdom is covered by these additional restraints . |
| 14 | More than one-third of parents felt this did not happen whereas staff said they would always do it . |
| 15 | More than one-third of these have been lost over the past 30 years , taking with them thousands of varieties of apple and depriving wildlife of a traditional sanctuary . |
| 16 | THE scandal of more than one-third of a billion pounds worth of intervention food being held in cold storage in the Republic while millions of people are dying in Africa has angered TDs . |
| 17 | President Mobutu Sese Seko carried out a reshuffle of the Council of Ministers on Jan. 11 , 1990 , the changes affecting more than one-third of its members . |
| 18 | As in previous years the largest single items of expenditure were debt service , accounting for more than one-third of the budget , and defence spending , accounting for 20 per cent . |
| 19 | The second half of the year witnessed a superficially arcane debate on vodka which touched on the whole question of government finances ( because more than one-third of the state 's revenue derived from its involvement in the vodka trade ) . |
| 20 | A leaked World Bank internal report shows that more than one-third of Bank-funded projects completed in 1991 were regarded as failures by the Bank 's own staff . |
| 21 | MORE than one-third of Shetland council house tenants are behind with rent , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 22 | And more than one-third of those who had , did not know what services were on offer . |
| 23 | The price of developed building land in Germany rose by more than one-third between 1970 and 1972 . |
| 24 | Vacancies for chief executives and managing directors have risen by more than one-third in the last year , while senior managerial vacancies have increased by 17.4 p.c . |