Example sentences of "nearly [art] third [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wiltshire , nearly a third of the councillors are elected by voters in the Thamesdown borough area covering Swindon . |
| 2 | By the age of seven , more than half the boys and nearly a third of the girls were being hit at least once a week . |
| 3 | The cube was described by nearly a third of the pupils in the sample as a " square " . |
| 4 | According to table 6.2 , nearly a third of the words are still uniquely identifiable , and one would expect the number to be considerably greater under a mid-class representation . |
| 5 | But nearly a third of the supporters who took advantage of the offer did so with only the Republic game in mind — and did n't bother turning up last night . |