Example sentences of "[conj] only [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst affected trees were in the UK , where 57 per cent of trees had lost 25 per cent or more of their leaves , partly as a result of a series of dry summers ; the healthiest were in France and Spain , where only 10 per cent of trees suffered substantial leaf loss . |
| 2 | The situation is worst around the Aral Sea , where only 10 per cent of the local water supply is fit to drink . |
| 3 | In Mauritania , for instance , where only one per cent of women uses contraception , the average number of children born to a woman is only 6.25 and the number surviving is even fewer . |
| 4 | People can opt for the group 's Global trust , where only 50 per cent of the funds go into the UK , or for one of the UK-based unit trusts , or pick one of more than 200 shares on the Pru 's list , or select a combination of both direct and indirect . |
| 5 | So , if you 're looking for a really healthy holiday this year , grab a jumper and head for Eire , Sweden or the Netherlands , where only three per cent of visitors reported any illness . |
| 6 | The maximum difference in altitude associated with the Earth 's solid relief is about 20km , or only 0.31 per cent of the planet 's mean diameter . |
| 7 | In fact , it will buy 10 per cent less or only 90 per cent of what it would have when you originally made the money available to your debtor . |
| 8 | However , an FOE survey showed that only 13 per cent of coolant from domestic refrigerators was being recovered by local councils ; many authorities had no collection scheme in operation . |
| 9 | Ministers still stand by Lawther 's conclusion that only 10 per cent of lead in the human body is likely to come from additives in petrol . |
| 10 | Clarke suggests that only 10 per cent of the iodine-131 escaped . |
| 11 | ( Webster , 1967 ) has shown that only 10 per cent had any reference to the actual date of the deposit in which they were found . |
| 12 | Verbrugge ( 1989 ) considers that only 10 per cent of the gender difference in late-age mortality is due to biological or intrinsic factors and 90 per cent is a result of differences in social variables such as smoking behaviour ; Waldron ( 1976 ) suggests that 75 per cent of the difference is attributable to behavioural factors . |
| 13 | Khasbulatov also said that only 10 per cent of the population were living in satisfactory conditions , and that Russia was experiencing the " pauperization and lumpenization " of its people . |
| 14 | Ukraine claimed that only 10 per cent should become CIS property , as the cost of building and maintaining the fleet had been borne by Ukraine . |
| 15 | The same diplomatic source also said that only 10 per cent of FALA soldiers had been demobilized and that UNITA retained an effective force of 47,000 with heavy equipment intact . |
| 16 | From this it can be concluded that only 1.4 per cent of this large number of coins establishes the date of the deposit but in this case , since there are no later Roman coins found in Britain , it could be even later ; a salutary lesson for all excavators . |
| 17 | Petras and Cook found that only 4.9 per cent of their sample of the top national bourgeoisie were nut dependent on technology that originated from abroad . |
| 18 | This publication , read in conjunction with several other contemporary research findings ( Dell 1971 ; Zander 1969 and 1972 ) , stated that only 4 per cent of defendants were represented by lawyers , usually solicitors . |
| 19 | Figures from all the clinics in England and Wales in 1976 showed that only 16 per cent of attendances were by patients with venereal disease , as statutorily de fined , and only a further 40 per cent had infections that were definitely sexually transmitted . |
| 20 | Toyne ( 1977 ) , in a study in Devon , found that only 16 per cent of school leavers ' first-choice employment was manufacturing , while 59 per cent preferred jobs in offices , retailing or the public sector . |
| 21 | Timaeus estimates that only 16 per cent of those reaching the age of 60 in the early 1990s will have no children at time of death . |
| 22 | Gazzard et al. ( 1976 ) used a questionnaire to ask patients who had taken overdoses of paracetamol about their knowledge of the effects of this substance and found that only 11 per cent knew about the possibility of severe hepatic complications that can occur after an interval of several days . |
| 23 | In 1921 Bowley estimated that only 41 per cent of working class families could depend on a man 's wage and of the families drawing public assistance during the 1930s fewer than one half depended on only one wage earner . |
| 24 | Responses to a questionnaire sent to NHS authorities in March 1988 had shown that only 8 per cent of employers requires nurses and health visitors to undertake re-entry programmes before employment , even though individuals might have had substantial breaks in service . |
| 25 | Consultants evaluating the zones suggest that only 55 per cent of these jobs are net additional jobs in the zones ( P.A. Consultants , 1987 ) . |
| 26 | The result was seen as a vote of no confidence in the government 's economic anti-inflation stabilization programme , a mood reflected in opinion polls which indicated that only 26 per cent of Brazilians viewed the government positively . |
| 27 | The World Bank 's failure to provide significant funding for energy conservation has been criticized by environmental groups after a report revealed that only 1 per cent of the Bank 's £1,800 million investment in third-world energy programmes was devoted to conservation . |
| 28 | MAFF says that only 1 per cent of the 2,500 samples analysed in 1990 and 1991 exceeded Maximum Residue Levels , although the Pesticides Trust commented that this was a worryingly high level for staple foods . |
| 29 | In 1990 the World Health Organisation 's ( WHO ) guidelines suggested that only 15–20 per cent of our food energy intake should be derived from fat , with saturated fats contributing less than 10 per cent . |
| 30 | In support of this contention he quotes research done by Thorpe , who found in a study of long-term foster-children that only 27 per cent had contact with their parents every six months or more frequently and that over 60 per cent of natural parents did not know where their children were living , with only 21 per cent feeling encouraged by their social worker to maintain contact . |