Example sentences of "to [adv] [n mass] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With five main players dividing up the RISC market , RISC processors still amount to only 5% of the overall volumes shipped , with Intel taking the rest . |
| 2 | With five main players dividing up the RISC market , RISC processors still amount to only 5% of the overall volumes shipped , with Intel taking the rest . |
| 3 | Although chronic diarrhoea ( defined by them as greater than 21 days duration ) occurred most frequently in this age group , this amounted to only 6% of cases — that is , 94% had diarrhoea which lasted for less than 21 days . |
| 4 | At the beginning of 1992 , Russian household savings were bigger than those of enterprises ; by the end of the year they were equal to only 18% of what the state-owned enterprises had in banks . |
| 5 | Furthermore , they showed that over 80% of the content words were fixated , compared to only 40% of the function words . |
| 6 | Both mutants decrease transcription of the reporter gene to approximately 50% of the non-mutated , wild type DNA values . |
| 7 | As a result of this increase in sales , and caution on the company 's part following financial difficulties during 1990 and 1991 , research and development expenditure has now fallen to approximately 4% of turnover , or £1.5m . |
| 8 | At 42°C this digestion was reduced to approximately 10% of the total DNA showing only a two-fold temperature-sensitivity of the activity . |
| 9 | Financial firms with less constricting regulatory shackles than insurers ( banks , for instance , must hold capital equivalent to just 8% of the value of their equities ) will be able to earn higher returns , without taking much greater risks , than their insurance rivals . |
| 10 | In Britain , closed shop arrangements currently extend to just 20% of all employees , under half of all union members . |
| 11 | Although definitive information is lacking , it has been estimated that such a right currently applies to just 20% of the 1.5 million acres of common land in England and Wales . |
| 12 | Such a collapse would cause corporate profits to decline to just 3% of GNP ( see chart ) , a level not seen since 1974 . |
| 13 | Last year its GNP grew by a heady 5.7% , despite a fall in real net exports equivalent to nearly 2% of its GNP . |
| 14 | The conclusion that TCR- β is sufficient is based on the observations that both the severe drop in total thymocyte numbers ( to about 1% of the wild-type level ) and the blockade at a DN stage in the RAG-1 mutant mice are fully restored upon introduction of a productively rearranged TCR- β transgene . |
| 15 | Furthermore , the mean size of the equivalence classes is only 0.15% of the size of the lexicon , and the largest class is only equivalent to about 1% of the size . |
| 16 | Will Free Range Eggs be limited to about 15% of the total U.K. Egg Production ? |
| 17 | The extent of British defence cuts is still anyone 's guess , even in Whitehall ; but the Defence Manufacturers ' Association reckons real annual spending will fall to about 75% of 1990 's figure within five years . |
| 18 | This would increase the proportion of patients attracting some deprivation payment to their practice from the current 9% to about 20% of the population . |
| 19 | Pension contributions of employers and employees fell from around 42% to about 30% of total personal savings over the same period . |
| 20 | These ulcers heal spontaneously and rapidly so that seven days after their induction the ulcer area was usually reduced to about 30% of its initial size . |
| 21 | Third , the proportion of large DN cells has increased to about 50% of the total cell number . |
| 22 | Pretreatment with sucralfate ( 100 mg/kg ) resulted in a significant decrease in lesion area to about 60% of the control area . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , a further deletion up to nt -488 lowers the CAT activity to 40% of the control values and shortening the promoter up to nt -451 reduces transcriptional activity to about 2% of the controls . |
| 24 | This means that tax evasion is depriving the state — and the people who benefit from what the state can do for them , whether it is building better roads and hospitals or cleaning the seashore or guarding the frontiers — of a sum amounting to about 10% of the current official national income . |
| 25 | Probably to about 10% of the population and probably not to the other 90% . |
| 26 | The Training Agency 's estimated total expenditure for 1989–90 was 2.5 billion , equivalent to about 10% of the total expenditure of the DES ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 6.3 ) . |
| 27 | Drinking too much alcohol has been linked to about 3% of cancers , specially those of the mouth , voice-box , gullet and liver . |
| 28 | It will do little to end the real problem , that of a heavily protected EC market in which surplus production is encouraged by vast subsidies , which amount to almost 60% of the EC budget . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , we have nearly 2,000 CTC members in Scotland and assuming an average of around £20 per member , this amounts to almost £40,000 of income , of which our request for £750 seems modest in the extreme , particularly since we now pay the subscriptions I mentioned . |
| 30 | Mains gas is supplied to around 85% of British homes : it 's available ‘ on tap ’ ( there 's no need to store it ready for use ) ; it 's clean ; it 's easy to control ; and the equipment that uses it needs very little maintenance . |