Example sentences of "only 6 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , teachers ’ pay rose by only 6 per cent after inflation under Labour . |
| 2 | McCabe and Sutcliffe ( 1978 ) have shown how only 6 per cent of the time of patrol police is occupied with incidents defined as ‘ criminal ’ . |
| 3 | Over a fifth of the adult population owned shares in late 1988 , contrasted with only 6 per cent in early 1984 . |
| 4 | Forty per cent of the people live in only 6 per cent of the total area , and densities rise to 100 per square kilometre . |
| 5 | Such a claim represents that same wishful thinking as his assessment that increasing the science budget by only 6 per cent next year ( the official prediction for inflation ) will allow spending to remain constant in real terms . |
| 6 | The third component , despite carrying only 6 per cent of the original variance , revealed intra-urban differentiation with a clarity unseen in any RGB ( red-green-blue ( colour ) ) , composite taken from the original bands . |
| 7 | Consequently , only 6 per cent of UK domestic waste is disposed of through incineration . |
| 8 | This could be because , in flexibility of choice , these two credit types are closer to using cash ; 17 per cent of cash buyers said they had spent less than expected , compared with only 6 per cent with other types of credit ( see Appendix 1 , Table 25 ) . |
| 9 | The proportion who had considered any type of credit other than the one they used was only 6 per cent of this sample . |
| 10 | In 1914 Europe including Russia still took only 6 per cent of her grain from outside . |
| 11 | In the House only 6 per cent of election funds were raised by the parties , whereas 66 per cent came via individual contributions and 28 per cent through political action committees , i.e. organizations that make contributions on an individual basis . |
| 12 | Two or three children remain the ideal of 80 per cent , only 6 per cent think one or none is ideal ( Gallup 1986 ) . |
| 13 | In 1973 it seems that only 6 per cent of SBAT chairmen were lawyers . |
| 14 | In 1931 , this proportion stood at 14 per cent but by 1974 was only 6 per cent . |
| 15 | Russells Hall estate is not typical of its immediate surroundings as only 6 per cent of the population are aged 10 or under while 52 per cent of the estate population are 50 or over . |
| 16 | It should be noted that the darker areas contained only 6 per cent . |
| 17 | However , there were two big differences : Whites had more in privately rented accommodation and had lived there for a shorter time ; these areas contained only 6 per cent . |
| 18 | However , whereas it is only 6 per cent of the solar value for HG92 ( the smallest value ever found for the intragalactic medium in a group or cluster ) , it is 15 per cent for HCG62 . |
| 19 | Among families of West Indian origin as many as 49 per cent are lone-parent families , as are 30 per cent of African families but only 6 per cent of Indian and 8 per cent of Pakistani families . |
| 20 | The functions of government were nominally divided between the centre and the republics , but all-union ministries , based exclusively in Moscow , produced 57 per cent of industrial output , union-republican ministries based partly in Moscow produced a further 37 per cent , and only 6 per cent of industry was wholly regulated at the republican level . |
| 21 | In 1958 , according to the same calculations , the Soviet Union influenced 31 per cent of the world 's population and 9 per cent of the world 's GNP ( excluding the USSR itself ) ; by 1979 the USSR influenced only 6 per cent of the world 's population and only 5 per cent of the world 's GNP , again excluding the USSR itself . |
| 22 | Half the respondents gave 1 per month or less , and only 6 per cent gave 30 or more . |
| 23 | Eighty-two per cent of companies were ‘ much more worried ’ ( 50 per cent ) or ‘ more worried ’ ( 32 per cent ) over bad debts , compared with only 6 per cent who were less worried . |
| 24 | By 1951 , only 6 per cent of all widows were in the 15–44 age group , compared to nearly 20 per cent in 1871 and 1881 . |
| 25 | Although only 6 per cent of children are educated in them , they exert considerable power , because the social elite are amongst those educated there and they in turn become successful in industry and business . |
| 26 | down on a year ago , and is only 6 per cent . |
| 27 | increase in real terms in teachers ' pay and that there was an increase of only 6 per cent . |
| 28 | Ten years ago only 6 per cent . |
| 29 | In a recent survey of women who work part time , only 6 per cent . |
| 30 | Only 6 per cent of education spending came from the federal budget and it was estimated that the cost of Bush 's proposals would at federal level absorb $820 million of the federal budget of $27,100 million for the fiscal year beginning on Oct. 1 . |