Example sentences of "and [adv] [num] [unc] cent [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And only eight per cent of those that did had engaged a lawyer to speak for them ‘ even though , where defendants are represented , they are more likely to receive a favourable outcome . ’ |
| 2 | It won some 70 per cent of the vote , compared with 20 per cent for the Liberal Party ( which had previously held the seat ) and only 5 per cent for the ruling Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A survey of married owner-occupier couples in 1971 found that 42 per cent had the home in the husband 's name , and only 5 per cent in the wife 's name , the remainder being joint mortgages ( Todd and Jones , 1972 ) . |
| 5 | He discovered that 48 per cent of them first heard about the riot from another person , 27 per cent by direct observation and only 26 per cent from media coverage . |
| 6 | The economy has a weak base , and only 7 per cent of the land is cultivated , most being under rough grazing ( Turnock 1974 ) . |
| 7 | Those under 17 years of age will not be eligible ; also very few women over the age of 65 ( possibly only 4 per cent ) and only 7 per cent of women in skilled and unskilled manual occupations have their own cars . |
| 8 | Twenty-nine per cent of unmarried women in the 45–64 age group were carers , according to the 1985 GHS , compared with 24 per cent of married women and only 16 per cent of men . |
| 9 | In 1986 the European market for value-added network services was worth $900 million — with over 60 per cent of this in the two most deregulated larger markets , Britain and France , and only 16 per cent in West Germany and Italy combined . ’ |
| 10 | Off shallow coasts , 90 per cent of white light is absorbed at 10 metres ( 33 feet ) depth , and only one per cent of white light penetrates below 40 metres ( 130 feet ) . |
| 11 | Thirdly , there are amendments in the name of the Government of the er Noble Earl Lord which are Amendments ten , fifteen and twenty and these provide for greater flexibility in the size of police authorities , again between sixteen and twenty-four members to be determined by the Secretary of State and for the Bill 's existing proposition that er fifty per cent of the members should be er and only fifty per cent of the members , should be from local authorities that er er er er that er of the remainder some should be magistrates and some should be members appointed by the Secretary of State and finally er there is a series of amendments er by the Noble Lord , Lord , Amendment seventeen , eighteen and twenty-two and those provide again with flexibility of size for er police authorities that half of the members should be from local authorities and the other half should be magistrates . |
| 12 | Of the total island population , eighty-six per cent live on the south side and only fourteen per cent on the north . |
| 13 | In the Augsburger Nationalzeitung , the main Party organ for the region of Swabia , 62 per cent of announcements mentioned the Führer in June 1940 , only 29 per cent in November and December 1941 , and only 11.5 per cent in the last two months of 1942 . |
| 14 | Eccup water treatment works supplying Leeds failed ‘ regularly ’ and only 38 per cent of the works supplying Wales met the standard . |
| 15 | The UK has lost 45 per cent of its ancient forest in the last 50 years , and only 1.5 per cent of the original forest cover remains , according to figures published by the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) . |
| 16 | The travelling communities also tend to be younger with 50 per cent of them under 20 and only four per cent over 65 . |
| 17 | Although the registered disabled comprise a substantial proportion — some 12 per cent — of the population of Britain , only two to three per cent of them are chairbound and only four per cent of the registered blind have a guide dog . |
| 18 | At present , choices made at age 13 may require science to be dropped completely , and only 11 per cent of pupils take all three science subjects . |
| 19 | This is just 3 per cent of the world installed base and only 11 per cent of the installed base in Europe . |
| 20 | This represents an improvement over the situation a few years earlier , since in 1970 women earned only 63 per cent of men 's hourly rate , and only 55 per cent of men 's gross weekly pay . |
| 21 | As late as 1975 , the proportion of young people in grammar schools between the ages of 16 and 19 was 14 per cent for the professional group and only 1 per cent for the unskilled manual group . |
| 22 | The agricultural industry had ceased to be the greatest employer ; in 1914 about 43 per cent of the occupied population was working in agriculture in France , 35 per cent in Germany , 22 per cent in Belgium and only 8 per cent in Great Britain . |
| 23 | We found roughly equal numbers of women in their forties with manual worker husbands in the local authority and owner-occupied sectors in the mid-1970s — but 29 per cent of the former group , and only 17 per cent of the latter , had had four or more children ( Murphy and Sullivan , 1986 , Table 8 ) . |
| 24 | This is reversed at the opposite end , however : 11.5 per cent of men and only 6.2 per cent of women gained thirds ( Universities Statistical Record ) . |
| 25 | Today , our lifestyles have become more busy , and only 10 per cent of us eat a full cooked breakfast . |
| 26 | Opinion polls conducted immediately after the election showed 36 per cent against EC membership and only 32 per cent in favour . |
| 27 | Only 40 internationally-important wetlands have been designated , instead of the recommended 120 ; and only 25 per cent of sites suggested under the EC 's Birds Directive declared protected . |
| 28 | Since 1973 , in Columbus , Georgia , a death sentence has been sought for 43.8 per cent of those accused of killing a white female and only 2.6 per cent of those accused of killing a black female . |
| 29 | Currently , the average UK company pension fund is invested 80 per cent in equities ( 60 per cent UK ) and and only 9 per cent in bonds — in sharp contrast to US and European funds which are invested about a third in bonds . |
| 30 | In this case , women represented 7.6 per cent of the candidates proposed and only 3 per cent of those elected . |