Example sentences of "only 5 per [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grattan is only 5 per cent ahead which looks a poor defence against wage costs rising by 8 per cent and high street occupancy costs by 20 per cent . |
| 2 | The French reckon that Italy now gets 7 per cent of our custom and , more surprisingly , that Switzerland gets only 5 per cent . |
| 3 | Some classes gave as little as half an hour a week to science and , on average , it took only 5 per cent of the timetable . |
| 4 | Daresbury 's work for industry , which amounts to only 5 per cent of its activities , could double within a year , Professor Leadbetter said . |
| 5 | In the first week of the campaign only 5 per cent of television 's election news focused on defence , only 3 per cent of the electorate thought the parties were stressing the issue , and only 3 per cent wished them to do so . |
| 6 | Overall , the Conservative lead increased between 1986 and June 1987 by only 5 per cent amongst party supporters , but by 18 per cent amongst the uncommitted . |
| 7 | There is no point in the act giving the manager only 5 per cent and then complaining he or she does n't turn up to their shows . |
| 8 | Despite its impressive growth it represents only 5 per cent of the total population and is not growing as fast as evangelical sects . |
| 9 | With only 5 per cent of the United Kingdom 's population , Wales has consistently enjoyed 20 per cent of its inward investment . |
| 10 | If you examine such a male 's sperms you will find that up to 95 per cent of them contain the t gene , only 5 per cent the normal allele . |
| 11 | A recent analysis of advertisements on London Weekend Television showed that less than 20 per cent included anyone who was identifiably over 55 years of age ; only 5 per cent featured an older person in a major role . |
| 12 | On 67 per cent of the farms there was no primary school , and only 5 per cent had adult literacy classes , of which only one-third were judged to be satisfactory . |
| 13 | Coal fell into disfavour on the grounds that steam engines are noisy , polluting and only 5 per cent efficient . |
| 14 | This compares with only 5 per cent of owner-occupied homes having severe damp , and 17 per cent of council homes . |
| 15 | Only 5 per cent of the control group , breathing oxygen and nitrogen , showed any improvement . |
| 16 | In fact , so vital are the French nutcrackers to the French walnut industry that in 1981 , when the crop in the south-west was only 5 per cent of the normal crop , nuts in their shells were imported from California and India to keep the crackers going . |
| 17 | The last full analysis of reported cases , made in 1980 , shows 41 per cent to be occurring in tropical Africa ( where virtually no attempt at control has been made so far ) , 22 per cent in the Indian subcontinent and 31 per cent in Eastern Asia and Oceania ; only 5 per cent of cases were reported from Europe , the Eastern Mediterranean and Central and South America . |
| 18 | He predicts that , while 50 per cent of people would die from a dose of 600 rads , only 5 per cent would die after a dose of 400 rads . |
| 19 | In Britain , he says , ‘ despite our dependence on electronic media , only 5 per cent of output is preserved , whereas the British Library still keeps one copy of every newspaper published ’ . |
| 20 | As a result only 5 per cent of intended affordable housing satisfied affordability criteria for a local community where 75 per cent earn less than £10,000 per annum ( National Audit Office , 1988 ; House of Commons Employment Committee , 1988 ) . |
| 21 | Although rental accommodation comprised more than a third of Pittsburgh 's housing only 5 per cent of URA housing expenditure was expressly devoted to this sector . |
| 22 | But the desert lizard , Sauromaulus , loses only 5 per cent of that of crocodilians through the skin . |
| 23 | Only 5 per cent said interest rate was the most important factor , and even when their second and third choice factors were added in , only 19 per cent gave any importance to interest rates . |
| 24 | Only 17 per cent of the older workers had been with the company for less than ten years ( only 5 per cent for less than five years ) , while 68 per cent had twenty years or more service . |
| 25 | Only 5 per cent of the lowest quartile had any income from paid employment compared with 45 per cent of the highest quartile . |
| 26 | Only 5 per cent of people under 70 , but more than 40 per cent of those over 85 , were classified as severely disabled ( Table 5.8 ) . |
| 27 | In 1965 only 5 per cent of demand was met by imports , by 1970 it was 14 percent rising to 33 per cent by 1975 and to a staggering 60 per cent by the early 1980s [ Wells and Imber , 1977 ; Williams et al. , 1983 ] . |
| 28 | In only 5 per cent of cases was rehabilitation considered by the social worker to be a possibility and in no case at all was there any definite plan towards rehabilitation . |
| 29 | Only 5 per cent of the children saw their parents as often as once a month ; 41 per cent had no parental contact . |
| 30 | According to one study , published in 1971 , only 5 per cent of career foreign service officers in the State Department regarded themselves as Republicans . |