Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] only [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1988 ) , and a residential option follows 60 per cent of foster home breakdowns compared with 25 per cent fostering again only 11 per cent the other way ( Millham et al . , |
| 2 | As recently as five years ago only 10 per cent . |
| 3 | Five years ago only five per cent of all diesels sold in Britain were turbocharged ; now it 's 30 per cent.The 19 DX is a fine example of a 1990s diesel — quick yet quiet ; economical but with all the trimmings of a GTi . |
| 4 | Ten years ago only 6 per cent . |
| 5 | NMFS caved in to pressure from the tuna industry , and claimed that it was possible to place observers aboard only 50 per cent of tuna seiners for the season beginning 1 January 1989 . |
| 6 | The highest ratio of car owners per head of population was in Gordon where only 16 per cent of households did not have a car . |
| 7 | In Britain today only 9 per cent of those over sixty live with another relative apart from their own spouse , in contrast to 12 per cent in the United States , 14 per cent in France , and 29 per cent in Japan and China . |
| 8 | Banks appear to be growing in popularity : a year ago only 17 per cent would have bought life cover through a bank . |