Example sentences of "to just [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He points out that in 1960 , married black women could have expected to have 3.49 children ; if they had continued to reproduce at this rate , the out-of-wedlock rate among black women would have increased from 23% in 1960 to just 29% in 1987 , and gone almost unnoticed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In Britain , closed shop arrangements currently extend to just 20% of all employees , under half of all union members . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The survey found we pay £42 for a basket of 22 everyday items compared to just £20.40 in Mexico . |
| 6 | Only 40% of the world 's potential arable land was in use in 1975 , and that will have increased to just 50% in 2000 . |
| 7 | Select committee chairman Gareth Wardell said the authority 's annual budget of £2.81m amounted to just 98p per head of the Welsh population . |
| 8 | Shareholders will not receive a final dividend , reducing the total payout to just 5p from 15.7p in 1991 . |
| 9 | Wheway 's shares have slumped from a high of 140p in 1989 to just 7.5p at present . |
| 10 | Such a collapse would cause corporate profits to decline to just 3% of GNP ( see chart ) , a level not seen since 1974 . |
| 11 | ‘ Broken back over the five years to the first rent review , the true rent equates to just £24 per sq ft 40pc less than actually reported . ’ |
| 12 | It decided to launch the bid sooner than planned after Neill announced a sharp drop in interim profits from £2.71m to just £28,000 before tax last month . |
| 13 | The company , which owns Spear & Jackson , the garden tools manufacturer , has been the subject of recurrent speculation for months , and it was fuelled last month when Neill announced a fall in pre-tax profits from £2.71m to just £28,000 in the first half . |
| 14 | The fall at drinks and confectionery group Cadbury Schweppes was limited to just 2p to 468p as it announced the much-expected cash call to fund further acquisitions in the US . |
| 15 | Turnover was down 50% from the $47.3m reported for the fourth quarter to December 31 , with product revenue down 24% from a year ago at $27.8m , and technology revenue dwindled to just $2.5m from $16.2m a year ago . |
| 16 | The share price was chopped from 50p to just 21p following a short , sharp trading statement . |