Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] only [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the previous day Harkin had won only 1 per cent of the vote in the Nevada caucus , which had been won by Brown with 35 per cent ; Clinton had polled 26 per cent , Tsongas 20 per cent , and 17 per cent of the votes had been cast for uncommitted delegates . |
| 2 | He replaced Diogo Freitas do Amaral , who resigned in October 1991 , after the party had polled only 4.4 per cent of the vote in that month 's general election [ see p. 38546 ] . |
| 3 | The 20 per cent of the poorest households , who had claimed only 0.9 per cent of the ‘ original income ’ , rose through welfare benefits and other supplementary assistance to a ‘ final income ’ share of 9.0 per cent . |
| 4 | The new rate , which compared with levels of 14 per cent in October 1990 , followed news that factory-gate prices had risen only 5.7 per cent year-on-year in June , compared with 6 per cent in May . |
| 5 | The other had classified only sixteen per cent of charges in this manner . |