In a few companies, outstanding options now account for almost half the equity.

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Bonds with a maturity of more than ten years account for a third of the value of all outstanding bond issues.

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Tweedy, Browne, which holds less than 1% of Bayer, claims to have the support of most shareholders in the U.S. and the U.K., but they account for only about a fifth of the shares outstanding.

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Delinquency rates on variable-interest-rate loans to subprime borrowers, which account for a bit less than 10 percent of all mortgages outstanding, have climbed sharply in recent months.

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Only a quarter of cases currently end in removals, yet the Home Office cannot account for those outstanding.

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