Example sentences of "[art] fifth [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Barraclough 's ( 1972 ) suggestion that as many as a fifth of the suicides in a series he studied might have been prevented by the wider use of lithium would be difficult to substantiate and is probably an overestimate , the fact that the lives of as many as 16 per cent of patients with manic-depressive illness may end in suicide ( Pitts and Winokur 1964 ) suggests that lithium is likely to have an important role in the prevention of suicide in some patients . |
| 2 | A fifth of the complaints against companies for advertising in an irresponsible fashion in breach of the code were upheld . |
| 3 | Social issues , which between them were the subject of almost a fifth of the courses , accounted for only 9 per cent of the total number of teacher-days : they tended to be short , workshop-style courses with few participants . |
| 4 | This would suggest that around 30 per cent of the " living-out " labouring classes were to some extent skilled , but if living-in servants of all classes are included the proportion would shrink to a quarter and if unskilled " manufacturers " are removed , we can conclude that at least a fifth of the men of the labouring classes of the eighteenth century were more or less skilled , that is had something other than " common " labour power to offer on the labour market . |
| 5 | There were few electricity disconnections , not surprising since heat and hot water were provided by gas , but nearly a fifth of the households surveyed had had their gas cut off . |
| 6 | Fewer than a fifth of the schools kept records of pupils ' achievements in science . |