Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] only [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vote marked a rejection of all the traditional parties of government , with the centre-right Union for France ( UPF — comprising the Gaullist Rally for the Republic — RPR — and the centrist Union for French Democracy — UDF ) together polling only 33 per cent ( 39.3 per cent in 1986 ) . |
| 2 | In 1700 North America and the West Indies together took only 11 per cent of domestic exports and re-exports while supplying 20 per cent of imports . |
| 3 | On the question of voting rights , Hashimoto described as " regrettable " the fact that Germany , France , the United Kingdom and Japan together controlled only 8 per cent of the shareholder vote , compared to the 34.6 per cent controlled by the United States and Canada together . |
| 4 | He states : ‘ Like solicitors , estate agents generally charge only 1 per cent . |
| 5 | Like solicitors , estate agents generally charge only 1 per cent . |
| 6 | However , only 43 per cent were paid more than £5 per week above the minimum , and full-time male farm workers in 1977 still earned only 77 per cent of the average earnings of all male manual workers . |
| 7 | But the referendum plan could be swallowed up in a swamp of indifference — a Russian television opinion poll yesterday showed only 34 per cent of those questioned would take part . |
| 8 | They 've tried hard to reach owners of models that could be a potential problem but have still reached only 70 per cent of them . |
| 9 | In 1914 Europe including Russia still took only 6 per cent of her grain from outside . |
| 10 | The post office has a monopoly only on the delivery of letters and parcels weighing less than a kilogram — a decling trade and one that now represents only 40 per cent of total earnings although attempts to stop the drift by creating , for example , specialised services for direct marketing have been very successful . |
| 11 | In his report to the 65th session of the IMO Council meeting on Nov. 5-9 , he said that the organization had so far received only 63 per cent of the contributions due for 1990 — the lowest figure for many years . |
| 12 | A study by the International Forest Science Consultancy has shown that log-exporting countries typically receive only 10 per cent of the total value of the processed timber . |
| 13 | A combination of the Troubles , economic decline and net emigration means that the average property in Northern Ireland , which 20 years ago cost 63 per cent of one in London , now costs only 36 per cent . |
| 14 | Represented as a share of the market , this means that denizens increased their figure from 43.0 per cent to 49.7 per cent , the Hansards theirs from 35.6 per cent to 44.5 per cent , while other aliens , whose earlier share had been a substantial 21.4 per cent now had only 5.8 per cent ( 94 , pp.345–6 ) . |
| 15 | Even further back , in Charles II 's reign , the Compton ecclesiastical census of 1676 had suggested that Dissenters then formed only 4 per cent of the nation at large , though in some communities Dissent had taken a much stronger hold . |