Example sentences of "[adv] only [adj] per cent [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although coronary disease was , and still is , the number one killer of American men , in any particular year it claims perhaps only 1 per cent of the male population . |
| 2 | Even in the university centres , perhaps only 50 per cent of cases are notified , while reporting from private practitioners is non-existent . |
| 3 | While Palermo ( 1973 ) , for example , found that four-to five-year-olds responded appropriately to more nearly all the time , but to less only 39 per cent of the time , an earlier study by Griffiths , Shantz and Sigel ( 1967 ) reported that children of that age understood both more and less almost equally well ( 70 per cent and 65 per cent ) . |
| 4 | Statistically only 0–05 per cent of chance tetrads should come out at this length or less , so that the expected number of alignments like Craigeam lies between 0.00041 for standing stones and 0.0037 for stone circles . |
| 5 | At the other extreme , special educational needs — with only a third as many courses as social issues — accounted for slightly more teacher-days , although still only 11 per cent of the total time . |
| 6 | The amount of reclaimed glass used in manufacture doubled between 1983 and 1988 , but this is still only 16 per cent of the total . |
| 7 | This difference increased with the age of the youngest child in the family , so that by the time the latter had reached 11 years old still only 44 per cent of the mothers of disabled children were in paid work compared with 87 per cent of control group mothers . |
| 8 | The provision of statutory services to the elderly has risen since 1948 , but not sufficiently to keep pace with the increasing number of dependants and the decreasing pool of informal carers ( even now only 11 per cent of people aged 85 and over receive meals-on-wheels , 37 per cent a home help ; OPCS , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Polls in 1963 confirmed that in American eyes Britain was still the most dependable ally , but Gallup in July also recorded that West Germany ( 58 per cent ) was now only 5 per cent behind Britain . |
| 10 | These are the areas in which the remaining forest lands are located ; now only 22 per cent of the country is forested in comparison to nearly 100 per cent in 1900 and 66 per cent in 1945 ( Myers 1988 ) , which in itself constitutes a loss of revenue as timber exports ( a major source of foreign currency ) have declined in the last 20 years . |
| 11 | Growth rates in the North are well below the world average and thus its population will increase by about only 20 per cent between 1980 and 2025 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Here only five per cent of the light filters through . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Unfortunately only 8 per cent of the children can go on to higher [ secondary ] education . |
| 16 | Under a licensing arrangement , Virgin would receive a cash advance from the American licensee , deductible from royalties , and then only 15–18 per cent of the price of all records sold . |
| 17 | Yet only five per cent of that volume comes from Scotland and a massive 70 per cent from the South-east . |
| 18 | Because some snakes are genuinely dangerous to man , all snakes are feared , and yet only 15 per cent of the living species are in fact venomous . |
| 19 | Yet only 9 per cent of women who could benefit are taking up the option . |
| 20 | Yet only 0–75 per cent of the fuel used for transport is electricity ; the rest is virtually all oil . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The most significant restriction was that only 15 per cent of profits made in Romanian currency could be transferred abroad in hard currency . |
| 23 | Currently only 2 per cent of under-fives have access to full time publicly-funded day-care . |
| 24 | Currently only 3 per cent of households in England and Wales have a water meter . |