Sentence examples for close to a sixth from inspiring English sources

That is close to a sixth of £3.5 billion that the BBC collected last year from the license fee.

It constitutes close to a third of total government expenditure.

Grujic was also close to a second before the interval.

Around 4m people, close to a third of the population, face grave food shortages.

Last year it was responsible for originating close to a third of the country's home loans.

Temporary contracts surged, soon accounting for close to a third of Spanish employment.

The country has more than 300m smokers, close to a third of the global total.

Pakistan is reeling from flooding that inundated close to a fifth of the country.

Within seconds, Cummings's strike partner, Chris Dagnall, had come agonisingly close to a second Hibs goal.

Close to a third of Bertelsmann's sales are in the United States.

Aberdeen pressed hard but Rangers came close to a third goal when Joe Lewis saved from Forrester.