Example sentences of "[noun] only [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a rule only about 10 per cent of such men can be shown to have the organism when only urethral tests are taken . |
| 2 | In rural areas only about 6 per cent of the children who entered the first grade completed the primary cycle , and half these entrants dropped out after the first grade . |
| 3 | During the same period only about 70 per cent of the pupils who complete fifth grade every year will be able to continue their schooling in the regular education system . |
| 4 | However at middle and senior management levels only about 11 per cent are women ( about 1000 out of 8400 ) , although this figure is a considerable improvement on 1984 when it was just four per cent . |
| 5 | The numbers show that in Africa and in Latin America , excluding Chile , only about 17 per cent of targets for privatisation had actually been sold and in Asia only about 30 per cent . |