Example sentences of "[noun] only [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perfectly feasible for manufacturers to package their goods in recycled paper without loss of appeal or quality , yet at present only 27 per cent of the paper we consume is recycled , and less than 20 per cent of household newspapers and magazines are recovered . |
| 2 | In some courts applications were successful in 96 per cent of cases ; in other courts only 9 per cent were successful . |
| 3 | Among those on income support only 22 per cent were receiving any maintenance , which represents a substantial fall since 1979 , when half of lone parents on supplementary benefit were receiving some maintenance . |
| 4 | Thus about 48 percent of the Pakistani/Bangladeshi group are aged 0–15 compared to 20 percent in the white population , and at the other end of the age spectrum only 2 per cent are aged over 60 compared to 21 per cent among the white population ( Central Statistical Office , 1988 ) . |
| 5 | Pluto appeared tiny right from the start ; it is now known to have a mass only 0.2 per cent that of Earth , far too small to have caused the irregularities in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune attributed to Planet X. A dedicated group of astronomers have maintained that a tenth planet is required . |
| 6 | In contrast only 15 per cent of all other GP referrals ( and 12 per cent of other female referrals ) were not admitted , while over half were sectioned . |
| 7 | But of the winners only 2 per cent are shown to be better off by £2 a week , whereas 39 per cent of losers will be asked to pay a local poll tax that is more than £2 above their then current rate contribution ( Poll Tax Facts , no. 9 , Local Government Information Unit , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | In Leicestershire only 22 per cent of taxpayers overall were classed as wage earners , compared with 37 per cent in Rutland next door . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | The most dismal performance is by Pravda , the official party paper , of whose regular readers only 36 per cent had renewed their subscriptions . |
| 11 | All the same , if we turn the figures about and look at them from the point of view of the older generation themselves , we still find that in early modern England only 10 per cent of sixty-year-olds were living with their married children or grandchildren . |
| 12 | In the first week of the campaign only 44 per cent of the public felt Labour was a clear second in the opinion polls and as many as 19 per cent said the Alliance was running second . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | No wonder only 10 per cent of American adults have a valid passport ; why bother to go abroad when you have all this at home . |
| 15 | By 7 years only 1.5 per cent of children are still soiling and by 10 to 11 years this is down to 0.8 per cent ( Bellman 1966 ) . |
| 16 | Of total foreign investment in Czechoslovakia over the previous 2 years only 11 per cent had gone to Slovakia , and the common perception was that the industries of the Czech Lands were in general better placed to benefit from the programme of rapid privatization emphasised by Klaus . |
| 17 | Of the 2802 pollution incidents from the industrial sources only four per cent were classified as major . |
| 18 | By comparison only 46 per cent of British respondents , 30 per cent of Mexicans , 7 per cent of Germans and 3 per cent of Italians expressed pride in their governmental and political institutions . |
| 19 | At the start only 14 per cent of our panel reported Labour stressing these issues , but the figure rose to 20 per cent in the fourth week and 32 per cent in the fifth as Labour sought to divert attention away from defence and to move on from unemployment , which directly affected only a small minority , to education and especially the National Health Service , which directly affected the vast majority of the electorate . |
| 20 | The range of natural environments contained within Yugoslavia itself is far greater than one might expect in an area only 5 per cent larger than the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In the pre-campaign week only 56 per cent had seen a recent opinion poll but this rose to 72 per cent in the first fortnight of the campaign and 77 per cent in the second . |
| 23 | None the less , even in that week only 39 per cent of the electorate rated it ‘ extremely important ’ and a mere 7 per cent said it was the main issue that ‘ should be ’ discussed by the parties . |
| 24 | 1986 ) found that by 8 years of age only 3.3 per cent of children had never been dry at night but another 4 per cent had relapsed after achieving control ( secondary enuresis ) . |
| 25 | In the area of closest scrutiny only 14 per cent of males ( 45/311 ) and 19 per cent of females ( 75/390 ) aged over ten at the time of the 1861 census were living in the same house as the one they had inhabited in 1851 ; but many of them had moved only a short distance . |
| 26 | Moreover , it broadcast only for about four hours each evening ; and ten years later it was still on air only 60 per cent as much as BBC1 . |
| 27 | He announced that by September only 38 per cent of the US$3,360 million in promised Soviet imports had been delivered , a figure already reduced from $5,130 million in 1990 . |
| 28 | In the first year of its operation only 5 per cent of polytechnic and college funding was allocated on the basis of competitive bidding , but the proportion is expected to be increased to 10 per cent in 1991 and further increases in subsequent years can be anticipated . |
| 29 | By the second half of the 1980s , total spending on African education had exceeded that for whites for the first time , though Africans make up 70 per cent of the population and whites only 17 per cent . |
| 30 | The fact that in 1992 only 37 per cent of voters think of themselves as Labour supporters but that on Thursday only 35 per cent actually voted Labour indicates that the party was scarcely able to poll its ‘ core ’ strength . |