Example sentences of "[adj] and only [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widdicombe ( 1986 , vol. 2 ) , found 81 per cent of councillors were male and only 19 per cent female ; the report showed that 59 per cent of councillors came from three socio-economic groups ( professional , employers and managers , intermediate non-manual ) who contribute 23 per cent of the population . |
| 2 | Almost half are over 70 and only 13 per cent are under 50 . |
| 3 | Labour voters have not changed their minds in such high numbers 83pc of them will still vote Labour and only six per cent have switched to the Tories or to the Liberal Democrats . |
| 4 | But the authority 's figures show that up to September , 1991 , of the 4,916 Aids cases reported six per cent were black and only one per cent Asian or Oriental . |
| 5 | A third of teachers thought their report was not very judgmental , about a half thought them fairly judgmental and only 9 per cent thought them very judgmental , a further 10 per cent being unsure on this . |
| 6 | Only one-third knew about the financial benefits available to carers , less than half knew of support services available and only 38 per cent would turn to social services for advice . |
| 7 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |
| 8 | The travelling communities also tend to be younger with 50 per cent of them under 20 and only four per cent over 65 . |