Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] only [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In 1914 Europe including Russia still took only 6 per cent of her grain from outside . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |