Example sentences of "[noun prp] only [num] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leicestershire only 22 per cent of taxpayers overall were classed as wage earners , compared with 37 per cent in Rutland next door . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For a quotation on the USM only 10 per cent of the shares must be in the possession of the general public . |
| 6 | The rapid returners , where three-quarters struck at the outset , but by mid-November only 10 per cent had not returned to work . |