Example sentences of "[adv] 20 [unc] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The particular importance of housing tenure has been noted already : Townsend found that among respondents renting council accommodation only 20 per cent rated themselves as middle class while among owner-occupiers 40 per cent did so . |
| 32 | Only 20 per cent is used in physical activity such as climbing stairs or carrying shopping . |
| 33 | A glance at the percentages of synonyms shows that even when the file is only 20 per cent packed , almost 10 per cent of the file will be stored as synonyms . |
| 34 | The remaining 80 per cent of the records are also equal in update frequency , but account in total for only 20 per cent of transactions . |
| 35 | Only 20 per cent of the lone men drew supplementary pensions , along with 33 per cent of widows and 28 per cent of other lone women ( DHSS , 1984 , p. 17 , Table 4 ; p. 19 , Table 7 ) . |
| 36 | Furthermore , only 20 per cent of the women were getting more than £5 per week in non-state pension income , as compared with 50 per cent of the men . |
| 37 | Kahan called for 80 per cent specialisation in areas such as children 's services and only 20 per cent on general social work training . |
| 38 | Until March 1990 the authorities were allowed to spend only 20 per cent a year of the receipts from the sale of council houses , and the purposes to which the money could be put were circumscribed . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | Speakers looked at listeners 50 per cent of the time while speaking fluently compared with only 20 per cent of the time during hesitant speech . |
| 41 | I think there 's sufficient weighting on the course in art for the child to make it work … if you kill the word ‘ exam ’ and just call it a ‘ set piece ’ , and say ‘ This is the final piece of work I 'd like you to do ’ , and see if there 's a climax of five terms ' work , as opposed to some sort of insurmountable hurdle that only 20 per cent of the pupils can get over … ‘ if you do n't make a particularly good job of it , it only carries 40 per cent of the marks and you 've got 60 per cent for the coursework ‘ . |
| 42 | A strong challenge anticipated from the fiercely nationalist and right-wing Serbian Renaissance Movement ( SP0 ) failed to materialize : SPO leader Vuk Draskovic took only 20 per cent of the vote to come second in the presidential election , while his party took only 19 seats in the Assembly ( after winning 13 seats in the first round it fought the second round in coalition with other opposition parties ) . |
| 43 | Only 20 per cent of the US$178,000,000 urgently requested by the UN had so far been received . |
| 44 | It was estimated that a third of the electorate had switched its vote in the 1991 elections , compared with only 20 per cent in 1988 . |
| 45 | Two-thirds of both patients and community cases experienced major difficulties compared to only 20 per cent of the sample of normal women . |
| 46 | Today the share is likely to stand below 20 per cent . |
| 47 | Labour would introduce a lower rate income tax of below 20 per cent and a top rate of 50 per cent , and would abandon higher rate income tax relief on mortgage payments . |
| 48 | With the balance of £9.4 million going towards cutting Howden 's own net debt from the current £32 million , Alan Maclachlan , Howden spokesman , forecasts that gearing will fall below 20 per cent by the year-end . |
| 49 | For external use a moisture content of perhaps 20 per cent may be suitable , for an unheated building about 15 per cent , and for a steam-heated environment about 8 or 10 per cent . |
| 50 | Thus 20 per cent or more of plastics are reclaimed in one form or another . |
| 51 | All extracts contained approximately 20 µ/; µl of protein . |
| 52 | Approximately 20 per cent of these tourists will visit Sagarmatha and , while this is welcomed as a source of employment , there are drawbacks . |
| 53 | Approximately 20 per cent of employees were previously unemployed . |
| 54 | The local content of those cars ( where ‘ local ’ means ‘ European ’ , not necessarily ‘ British ’ ) was approximately 20 per cent and only 500 jobs were created . |
| 55 | Approximately 20 per cent of subjects reported that they would be pleased to enter a private/public sector home , but only 10 per cent favoured the geriatric hospital . |
| 56 | Approximately 20 per cent of elementary school age children were attending 2,000 ordinary schools by 1933 . |
| 57 | In terms of world production , OPEC output was estimated over the second half of 1988 and the first half of 1989 to have represented about 34 per cent of the total ; in addition approximately 20 per cent was produced by the Soviet Union and about 15 per cent by the United States , around 5 per cent each by Mexico and China , and about 3 per cent each by the United Kingdom and Canada . |
| 58 | With just 20 per cent of Sunday 's vote they have registered their lowest score in any general election since Mr Mitterrand founded the party 22 years ago . |
| 59 | It had a top speed of just under 20 km/h . |
| 60 | By the time he sold it at auction ( Sotheby 's , New York , May 1989 ) it had given him a real net annual rate of return of just under 20 per cent , after allowing for commission , insurance and inflation . |