Example sentences of "[det] than [art] fifth of " in BNC.
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1 | Fewer than a fifth of the schools kept records of pupils ' achievements in science . |
2 | ‘ We found fewer than a fifth of bank and building society branches publicised the code with posters or leaflets , and staff knew little or nothing about it . |
3 | More than a fifth of all executives were covered last year . |
4 | 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 ’ . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | All in all , exports did not take up more than a fifth of the increase in the output of the economy as a whole . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Even when the purchase of NCR is complete , computers will still make up less than a fifth of AT&T 's business . |
9 | Although women comprise less than a fifth of all known offenders , the proportion of young women passing through the courts is rapidly increasing . |