Example sentences of "a few [noun] points [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your recollections will no doubt revive a lot of memories for many of our older readers and provide quite a few talking points for younger ones . |
| 2 | Any one of the three main political parties could take the seat because they were within a few percentage points of each other at the last election . |
| 3 | Chris Patten is among the sceptics : ‘ Even if it ( investment ) were to be successful and encourage a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the use of rail , it would make damn-all difference to the growth in road traffic — it would just take a few percentage points off the top . ’ |
| 4 | Costs and expenses rose 14.4% to $7,896m and gross profit margin was 39.5% , a few percentage points below expectations . |
| 5 | Costs and expenses rose 14.4% to $7,896m and gross profit margin was 39.5% , a few percentage points below expectations . |
| 6 | It added that control of inflation was necessary , but it was important that ‘ a reduction of a few percentage points in the headline inflation rate should not be achieved at a disproportionate cost in terms of income creation and employment ’ . |