Example sentences of "more [subord] a [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than a fifth of all executives were covered last year . |
| 2 | BBC And The Communities : There was a ‘ worrying difference between the world portrayed by television programmes alone — dominated by young white men — and the real world where more than a fifth of the population is retired , and more than half are female ’ . |
| 3 | Since then , observed levels of legal abortion can not be responsible for more than a fifth of the decline in legitimate fertility , although its impact of illegitimate births is greater . |
| 4 | All in all , exports did not take up more than a fifth of the increase in the output of the economy as a whole . |
| 5 | A spokesperson for Upjohn says that the company prefers to maintain an independent anti-AIDS programme , which now receives more than a fifth of the corporate budget for drug discovery research . |
| 6 | More than a third of Britain 's bird species need urgent protection , according to a report by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . |
| 7 | Eight per cent — more than a third of all shareowners — had investments only in privatised companies . |
| 8 | If junior creditors account for more than a third of the creditors , they can force concessions from their senior partners . |
| 9 | The group also rewarded Egypt for its part in the Gulf alliance by agreeing to write off more than a third of the country 's debt to foreign governments . |
| 10 | The government 's North Sea oil take is depressed at present but will be on a rising trend as production begins to rise again to its 1985 peak and could account for more than a third of public spending . |
| 11 | More than a third of the British — some 14 million — will soon be aged 50 or over . |
| 12 | fewer lone mothers worked part-time , about a quarter , compared with more than a third of married mothers . |
| 13 | More than a third of single mothers are in this position . |
| 14 | Although she was supported by little more than a third of the electorate ( or 40% or so of those voting ) , there seemed no prospect of ousting her from office . |
| 15 | More than a third of these conditions had been previously undetected , and two-thirds of the illnesses were manageable , while half of them were totally cleared up by treatment . |
| 16 | Malaysia now produces more than a third of the world 's 's palm oil , and oil palm nuts make an attractive food for the Malayan wood rat ( Rattus tiomanicus ) , the ricefield rat ( Rattus argentiventer ) , and the little rat ( Rattus exulans ) . |
| 17 | It was centred on Athens and felt by more than a third of the population . |
| 18 | The report of that research — Accident risk and behavioural patterns of younger drivers , published last year — showed that more than a third of the men aged 17 to 25 were assessed as ‘ unsafe ’ drivers , and suggested that this had more to do with lifestyle than with driving skills . |
| 19 | In deciding to take action over the aids to CNP , the Commission points to the unfairness of state subsidies in the ‘ fiercely competitive ’ ECU 280 000m EC chemical industry , in which more than a third of all production is traded between the 12 member states . |
| 20 | More than a third of the German population lived on the land , the east was still dominated by the huge Junker estates and the south by the highly conservative small- and middle-scale farmers and their labourers . |
| 21 | Although rental accommodation comprised more than a third of Pittsburgh 's housing only 5 per cent of URA housing expenditure was expressly devoted to this sector . |
| 22 | More than a third of the population — almost 20 million — watched the compilation of clips from earlier shows , which had already been screened a year before . |
| 23 | Its branches reported 1,350 incidents of bomb damage , and more than a third of the staff left to serve in the armed forces . |
| 24 | More than a third of directors want more summarised information and want to see it in a more comprehensible , graphic form . |
| 25 | Nutritionists recommend that about 30 per cent of your daily intake of calories should come from fat , of which not more than a third of those should be saturated ( animal ) fat ; 11 per cent from protein and the rest from carbohydrates . |
| 26 | MORE than a third of Britain 's teenage schoolchildren are trying drugs , a shock survey revealed yesterday . |
| 27 | More than a third of sales would be to Labour voters , another third to Alliance or Tory ( 12 per cent ) , and the rest to people who could not say which party they supported . |
| 28 | The most recent studies suggest that more than a third of employers discriminate against black applicants for jobs , and that levels of discrimination are the same for Asian and Afro-Caribbean applicants , for men and women , and vary little between job categories , although previous studies have documented higher levels of racial discrimination in relation to unskilled manual jobs ( Brown and Gay , 1985 ; Smith , 1977 ) . |
| 29 | Norwegian rules generally forbid foreign investors to own more than a third of an insurer . |
| 30 | This now contributes more than a third of Zurich 's total premium income , and well over 40% of its non-life business . |