Example sentences of "than a quarter [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bit more than a quarter on sweets and a bit less than a quarter on stationery . |
| 2 | A bit more than a quarter on sweets and a bit less than a quarter on stationery . |
| 3 | At one point the queue stretched four deep for more than a quarter of mile . |
| 4 | Office rents have soared in London over the past couple of years but political factors are also significant as government departments make up more than a quarter of moves . |
| 5 | More than a quarter of hoteliers believe business will not recover from recession in the next 12 months , according to Horwath Business Review . |
| 6 | And political apathy reigns : despite the significance of the election , fewer than a quarter of Mrs Molina 's constituents bothered to vote in the run-off . |
| 7 | In 1980 , fewer than 6% of the total school population were attending assisted and independent schools — yet more than a quarter of University entrants continued to be drawn from private schools . |
| 8 | Less than a quarter of contests ever reach the final , antler pushing stage , and even then the deer stag only pushes its opponent 's antlers rather than trying to spike his softer flanks ; antlers could perhaps be used more dangerously than they are . |
| 9 | The Ministry of Agriculture 's latest published studies show that more than a quarter of pig kidneys sampled in 1985 had residues of sulphadimidine at average levels 11 times higher than the Government 's safety limits . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | By 1958 more than a quarter of consumers had electric water heating ( compared with an eighth on nationalisation ) and water heaters accounted for about a quarter of all domestic electricity sales . |
| 12 | In 1989 they accounted for more than a quarter of BR 's total charter-train revenue — and the trend is ever upwards . |
| 13 | In 1989 Brazil faced a critical shortage of fuel alcohol , used to run more than a quarter of passenger cars , because the rise in demand ( 48 per cent since 1985 ) could not be met by the stagnating production of sugar cane . |
| 14 | Roughly a third of the population are estimated to have suffered directly from the bombing : more than a quarter of homes in Germany were damaged in some way ; fourteen million persons lost some property through bombing ; between seventeen and twenty millions were deprived at some time of electricity , gas , or water ; nearly five millions had to evacuate because of ‘ air terror ’ ; 305,000 people were killed . |
| 15 | In both New York and Kansas , where Clinton also won the Democratic primary comfortably last Tuesday , more than a quarter of voters said they would vote Perot for President if he ran . |
| 16 | Health statistics show , for example , that in the 5-11 age range , more than a quarter of children suffer from a cough in any one month . |
| 17 | Less than a quarter of Oxfordshire teachers believe that any important matters have been omitted from their report . |