Example sentences of "be only [num] [no cls] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In local elections held on June 7-8 in 341 municipalities throughout the country the two partners in the ruling coalition , the True Path Party ( DYP ) and the Social Democratic Populist Party ( SHP ) , won 35 and 23 per cent of the vote respectively ( their combined total having been only 47 per cent in the October 1992 general election ) . |
| 2 | ‘ We are only 70 per cent fit for international rugby — and the players are well aware of that ’ , said coach Alan Davies . |
| 3 | On top of this , food eaten eight miles up needs extra seasoning because at altitude taste buds are only 70 per cent efficient . |
| 4 | In the West although we are only 20 per cent of the world 's 3,000 million we have 90 per cent of the world 's income , 90 per cent of its gold reserves , 95 per cent of its scientific knowledge , 70 per cent of its meat and 80 per cent of its protein . ’ |
| 5 | For example , Japanese mortality rates for the 65 — 74 age group are only 60 per cent of those prevalent in Great Britain . |
| 6 | Today these figures are only 22 per cent and 39 per cent respectively , whilst support for visits from nuclear-armed ships has dropped from 47 to 24 per cent . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm only 50 per cent sure now , as two said they 'd think about it ’ . |
| 8 | Economic conditions were described as deteriorating , and economic growth was expected to be only 1 per cent in 1992 ( compared with 2.25 per cent in 1991 ) . |
| 9 | On a similar US-style deal , commissions might be only 0.325 per cent but most of that should end up with the banks . |
| 10 | At the beginning of the year the government forecast that the rate of inflation for 1988 would be only 32 per cent . |
| 11 | The region 's gross domestic product ( GDP ) had shown a growth rate of 6 per cent in 1991 but the figure for 1992 was expected to be only 5.7 per cent . |
| 12 | In these areas the turnout was estimated to be only 10 per cent . |
| 13 | In rural areas , however , literacy in any language was estimated to be only 20 per cent . |
| 14 | The report projected a 3 per cent annual growth of per capita incomes in the developing world in the 1990s , with wide variations between east Asia , where income per capita was set to grow at 5.3 per cent , and sub-Saharan Africa , where the rate was expected to be only 0.5 per cent . |
| 15 | If BA can resell $300m of its United investment — ideally to US citizens - then its remaining equity share could be said to be only 21 per cent , airline officials in New York argue . |
| 16 | If death rates declined by 10 per cent during the same period ( a more realistic assumption ) then the growth rate would be only 0.02 per cent higher per annum . |
| 17 | In 1984 , 61 per cent of households owned their own homes , the proportion in 1971 being only 49 per cent . |
| 18 | In the statistical period , 1978–81 , losses continued to be greatest in Scotland , the North and Wales ; they were only 4 per cent in Yorkshire and 2 per cent in the East Midlands . |
| 19 | However , the early surveys of the Government Actuary 's department show that in the private sector in 1956 there were only 34 per cent of ‘ salaried ’ women ( 71 per cent of men ) and 23 per cent of ‘ waged ’ women ( 38 per cent of men ) in schemes ( Government Actuary , 1958 , p. 4 ) . |
| 20 | By mid-September , according to figures released yesterday , subscriptions to Izvestia , the government daily , which now sells close to 11 million copies , were only 61 per cent of the level 12 months before . |
| 21 | When sales of unleaded were only 16 per cent of all fuel revenue in Britain , Germany was leading the field with a figure of 53 per cent ; in Denmark the percentage was 34 and in Norway 27 . |
| 22 | Weekly earnings in 1812 were only 16 per cent above their 1793 level , although they had been 25 per cent higher in 1808 . |
| 23 | London salaries were only 11 per cent above average , with executive salaries in Yorkshire , Humberside and the East Midlands 5 per cent below average , showing much less of a regional difference than is often assumed . |
| 24 | There were only thirteen per cent more cattle theft cases in the Central Province during the height of the downturn than during the years immediately preceding and following it . |
| 25 | In 1961 28 per cent of first-time marriages involved teenage brides ( women under 20 years ) whereas there were only 14 per cent in 1986 . |
| 26 | Suppose that interest rates in Italy are higher by 2 per cent than in the UK and at the same time the necessary discount applied to the spot rate were only 1 per cent . |
| 27 | If the discount applied to the lire were only 1 per cent as suggested above , then clearly it would be possible to gain over all by earning an extra 2 per cent on the lire deposit and accept that this would be reduced by 1 per cent as the cost of forward cover , making a 1 per cent gain overall in comparison with staying in sterling and importantly be fully hedged . |
| 28 | At that time , miners ' wages were only 60 per cent . |
| 29 | The most extreme difference occurred between open class items and affixes. 96 per cent of errors in the production of open class items were substitution errors , and only 4 per cent loss or addition errors , whereas for affixes there were only 24 per cent substitution errors but 76 per cent loss and addition errors . |
| 30 | The sales of the largest 100 US firms were nearly double the sales of the largest 100 non-US firm in 1962 ; in 1972 they were only 40 per cent more . |