Example sentences of "only around [adj] [unc] [no cls] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , despite these encouraging figures , marketing studies carried out in the USA show that most home-gym equipment goes unused and only around 10 per cent of American adults engage in brisk , regular exercise . |
| 2 | The three major paper producers in northern Europe — Finland , Sweden and Norway — recycle only around 10 per cent of their paper . |
| 3 | The government had begun to introduce from March 20 monthly compensation payments on top of wages , pensions , student grants and child benefit , albeit conceding that these would cover only around 85 per cent of the cost of the price rises . |
| 4 | Since 1945 the distribution of university entrants by social class has been relatively stable with around 60 per cent coming from upper non-manual backgrounds ( social classes I and II ) ( Robbins , 1963 ; UCCA , 1986 ) , a group which until recently have comprised only around 18 per cent of the births . |
| 5 | Although safe and effective vaccines have been available for 10 years , only around 40 per cent of healthcare workers in Europe are vaccinated . |
| 6 | Yet they are credited with only around 40 per cent of the vote — exactly the same as their score in the 1981 general election in which the Socialists were swept to power . |
| 7 | In 1968 only around 15 per cent of the work force was unionized . |
| 8 | Only around 30 per cent of those who have been vaccinated go on to contract a mild dose of flu , and even then the risk of secondary infections is considerably reduced . |