Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [adv] a quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | PC superstores account for nearly a quarter of the total market in the US , and they 're beginning to make inroads into the UK market as well with the likes of PC World and the Business Superstore . |
| 2 | Japanese companies already account for nearly a quarter of the 5,000 foreign-based companies operating in New York . |
| 3 | New York , New York : Japanese companies already account for nearly a quarter of the 5,000 foreign-based companies operating in the city |
| 4 | Specific grants have increased in importance since 1974 and now account for approximately a quarter of current grants ( excluding the housing benefit scheme ) from central government to local authorities . |
| 5 | Altogether , these groups account for about a quarter of all sales by Japanese firms . |
| 6 | 100 students , cater for only a quarter . |
| 7 | The Protestants are scarcely measurable and the Catholics ( 3pc ) amount to only a quarter of the proportion who went 20 years ago . |
| 8 | — From Adkin St Clements Office at the Plain Roundabout take the second exit into the Cowley Road proceed for approximately a quarter of a mile and turn left into Jeune Street . |
| 9 | Such enterprises now account for more than 60 per cent of industrial employment in countries as far apart as Ghana and Tanzania ; more than half of them are located in small towns and villages , and the extended family is their most important source of labour ; they contribute at least a quarter of total manufacturing output ; and typically they employ between one and ten workers . |