Example sentences of "short [prep] [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The population of England and Wales was undergoing a further massive increase — nothing short of a fifty per cent rise in the years from 1801 to 1831 — and the effects of the recent Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions hardly needed a post-war depression to make matters even worse for the poor . |
| 2 | The compact was on this occasion approved by 4,633 votes ( 59.8 per cent ) to 2,988 ( 38.6 per cent ) but , as on previous occasions , the level of approval fell short of the 75 per cent necessary to amend the Constitution as required by the terms of the compact . |
| 3 | As it is , the swing to Labour was a feeble 2.1 per cent , scarcely more than it achieved in 1987 , and well short of the 5.2 per cent to the Tories which brought Mrs Thatcher to power in 1979 . |
| 4 | But Labour — while winning a net 39 seats — achieved only a 2.1 per cent swing , well short of the eight per cent needed to achieve outright victory . |
| 5 | Their 3.9 per cent of the vote fell short of the 5 per cent threshold entitling them to representation in parliament . |
| 6 | KLM 's part in the NorthWest deal falls short of the 25 per cent limit placed on foreign ownership by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 . |
| 7 | In the event , however , only 13.8 percent of the electorate voted , well short of the 50 per cent required ; of those who voted , 85.9 per cent favoured direct election and 14.1 indirect election . |
| 8 | In the presidential elections the incumbent José Eduardo dos Santos of the MPLA-PT won 49.57 per cent of the vote , just short of the 50 per cent needed to avoid a second round . |
| 9 | Environmental groups condemned the announcement as inadequate , pointing out that the UK target was lower than that of all other West European countries and fell short of the 60 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions which scientists regarded as necessary to stabilize greenhouse gases at current levels . |
| 10 | But in 1979 the Welsh voted four-to-one against a devolved assembly while in Scotland fewer than 33 per cent supported the idea , far short of the 40 per cent required by parliamentary decree . |
| 11 | Thus the vote , while in favour , was far short of the 40 per cent target required by Parliament . |
| 12 | In Scotland there was a majority in favour of devolution but it fell short of the 40 per cent of the electorate required by the statute . |