In our sample, business units used some type of automatic spreading for about 39 percent of the volume of goods they shipped.
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(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (PRP$ our) (NN sample))) (, ,) (NP (NN business) (NNS units)) (VP (VBD used) (NP (NP (DT some) (NN type)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (JJ automatic)) (VP (VBG spreading) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (QP (RB about) (CD 39)) (NN percent)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN volume)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS goods))))) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD shipped))))))))))) (. .)))
Business units used a type of automatic spreading for exactly 12 percent of the volume of goods shipped.
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(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Business) (NNS units)) (VP (VBD used) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN type)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (JJ automatic)) (VP (VBG spreading) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (RB exactly) (CD 12) (NN percent)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN volume)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNS goods)) (VP (VBN shipped))))))))))))) (. .)))