Example sentences of "and [adv] [num] [unc] cent of " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The economy has a weak base , and only 7 per cent of the land is cultivated , most being under rough grazing ( Turnock 1974 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Eccup water treatment works supplying Leeds failed ‘ regularly ’ and only 38 per cent of the works supplying Wales met the standard . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This is just 3 per cent of the world installed base and only 11 per cent of the installed base in Europe . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Today , our lifestyles have become more busy , and only 10 per cent of us eat a full cooked breakfast . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In this case , women represented 7.6 per cent of the candidates proposed and only 3 per cent of those elected . |
| 20 | Industrial output for January showed a drop of 1.2 per cent and only 81.9 per cent of industrial capacity was in use . |
| 21 | The New Earnings Survey shows that in 1984 women earned only 74 per cent of men 's hourly rate , and only 66 per cent of men 's gross weekly earnings . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In Brown 's 1968 survey only 3 per cent of workers knew the standard rate of tax and only 6 per cent of managers were able to estimate their marginal rate of tax . |
| 24 | There was , however , disappointment for the government on both counts : investment by industry in the inner cities has remained relatively small , and only 20 per cent of the funds for the first City Technology Colleges came from non-government sources . |
| 25 | EMPLOYERS gain almost two hours a week on average from early-bird employees , and only 30 per cent of employees contribute no extra time at all , according to a report by the mobile communications group Phonepoint . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ Research has shown that 70 per cent of us would prefer to die at home and only 30 per cent of us do . |
| 27 | The number of teachers employed in state secondary schools was such that while women constituted 45 per cent of the teaching force ? they only held 15 per cent of the headships and only 0.7 per cent of women were heads . |
| 28 | And only 40 per cent of three to five-year-olds have access to pre-school education . |
| 29 | In fact the purchasing power of a single person 's pension in Britain was just less than 75 per cent of the French pension , 60 per cent of its West German counterpart and only 50 per cent of the value of the equivalent Dutch pension . |
| 30 | ‘ This is a $15 billion industry and already 30 per cent of it is accounted for by diet drinks . ’ |