Example sentences of "for a [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until recently Germany accounted for a fifth of its total sales . |
| 2 | In America , says Mr Rathje , it accounts for a fifth of landfill space . |
| 3 | Although the gas industry retained the larger market share for cooking overall , more than a quarter of consumers had electric cookers by 1958 and electricity for cooking continued to account for a fifth of domestic electricity sales . |
| 4 | Diesel engines are the main source of smoke in cities and are responsible for a fifth of all emissions of nitrogen oxides . |
| 5 | A farewell drink for a fifth of the workforce at Research Machines in Oxfordshire who 've just received their redundancy notices . |
| 6 | That year Nestlé — which accounts for a tenth of the Swiss stockmarket — opened its register to overseas investors , and a number of other companies have followed suit . |
| 7 | If you are buying clothes , remember that if a designer label is selling for a tenth of the usual price , there is probably a good reason — it may be an outdated style . |
| 8 | One could almost go over there to do one 's weekly marketing — or on into Rouen , where the big market day is also on Tuesday , and from where you could bring home butter made from unpasteurized cream , great bowls of tripes à la mode , and duck pâtés , and baskets full of big round Breton artichokes for a tenth of the price we have to pay here . |
| 9 | Each of the ten " tribe or constituencies chose , by lot , 50 people to serve as members of the council for a year , and those 50 would , within the council , act as a steering and administrative committee for a tenth of the year . |
| 10 | Lalande wrote of him in 1763 : ‘ Sisson has been several times in prison for failing to pay his workmen [ of whom Jesse Ramsden , q.v. , was one ] ; he starts many things and finishes nothing : he takes his instruments to the pawnbroker , where they have been seen selling for a tenth of their value . |
| 11 | It 's interesting that no no other than Tony M P Secretary of State , speaking at the conference , Building on Success , said that the erm construction industry accounts for a tenth of our National G D P . |
| 12 | Flo which was bought for a tenth of the price of which dino was sold has scored 5 goals in 6–7 matches and dino ( saurus ? ) has notched one — hey — even i could have scored on that one : - ) ; - ) |
| 13 | They say , ah well , we followed you for a tenth of a mile , right , and it took you so long to cover that . |
| 14 | In that erm , in that mermaid outfit , and earning some ridiculous amount of money for an hour , while other models went up and down a catwalk for a tenth of the money , or something . |
| 15 | Then the ledge below , the rock edge ripping his hands , and his shoulders almost jerked out of their sockets as he fought his boots flat for a hundredth of a second against the cliff face . |
| 16 | ONE firm of stockbrokers accounted for a sixth of complaints and inquiries to the Complaints Bureau of the Securities and Futures Authority and the London Stock Exchange last year . |
| 17 | Four acquisitions totalling £50m , led by the £29.5m purchase of Yorkshire-based CSL in January , accounted for a third of the growth in the fleet . |
| 18 | Growth is a desperate necessity for China and India , which between them account for a third of the global population , and other developing nations . |
| 19 | In America , which accounts for a third of all luxury purchases , shares of Tiffany & Co. , an upper-crust jeweller and a weathervane of the industry , fell on news of disappointing sales . |
| 20 | Latinos account for a third of its 9m odd residents . |
| 21 | Yet , for a company like Siemens in Germany which relies on public contracts for a third of its sales , it is hard to see how German politicians are going to risk alienating the electorate and create unemployment by placing lucrative public contracts outside the Federal Republic . |
| 22 | This is Quaking Pot , a sinkhole with a stream descending into the depths where passages extend southwards for a third of a mile to a depth measured as 467 feet . |
| 23 | Currently , hydrocarbons account for a third of Norway 's gross exports , 15 per cent of revenue and 17 per cent of Gross National Product . |
| 24 | Making electricity is , in fact , the main use of the primary fuels — accounting for a third of the world 's total energy input — the main fuels used being coal ( 29% ) , oil ( 26% ) , hydro ( 22% ) , gas ( 13% ) and nuclear ( 10% ) . |
| 25 | She was working for his charity for a third of what she could earn in the City , he enthused . |
| 26 | Enzo Ferrari has watched him in Monaco , where in the superannuated BRM he had held on to third place for a third of the race , and then at Zandvoort . |
| 27 | I did The Player for a third of what I can get for films I do n't want to do . |
| 28 | Follow the road for a third of a mile to the first stile on the left . |
| 29 | Turn right and follow the road for a third of a mile to the roundabout , continue for 200yds and go over the stile on the right . |
| 30 | Other 3000 boxes can be upgraded to a 987 with a board swap for a third of the cost of a new system . |