Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] around [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sources also reacted favourably to a statement published yesterday by the erstwhile Communist satellite , the People 's Party , calling for the Communists to be restricted in effect to around a third of a new cabinet . |
| 2 | For example , in October 1974 the Labour Government secured the support of 39.2 per cent of those who voted and just over a quarter of the electorate ; in 1979 the Conservatives gained 43.9 per cent of the vote and the support of around a third of the electorate ; and in 1983 , the Conservative landslide of seats ( their parliamentary majority trebled ) was based on just 42.4 per cent of the vote — less than they got when they lost in 1964 , less than they got in 1979 , the fifth-lowest Conservative vote since the war , and the lowest vote-count by a government with a secure majority since 1922 . |
| 3 | If that rose even to 1.5 , travel times would drop by nearly a quarter and pollution by around a fifth . |
| 4 | Walls ' ice cream and other frozen food sales in Europe featured prominently in the Uni-lever combine 's third-quarter sales and profit growth of around a sixth . |
| 5 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has published a document setting out ways of protecting groundwater , the source of around a third of Britain 's drinking water . |