Example sentences of "and only [adj] [unc] cent [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coal fell into disfavour on the grounds that steam engines are noisy , polluting and only 5 per cent efficient . |
| 2 | Despite the many grumbles and adverse comments , 70 per cent of all employers interviewed claimed to have been satisfied with the standard of work of young people taken on by them in the previous two years , and only 14 per cent expressed dissatisfaction . |
| 3 | The latest government figures — unpublished as yet — show causes of serious pollution in 1982 as 60 per cent agricultural , 22 per cent urban sewage and only 18 per cent industrial . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sales figures around Christmas and New Year are very prone to changes in seasonal patterns , and total sales in the last three months together were less than 0.25 per cent higher than in the previous three months and only 1.4 per cent higher than in the corresponding three months a year ago . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In contrast , the viverrids produced less breakage , with the humerus , for instance , being represented by 43 per cent complete bones and only 44 per cent distal ends . |
| 8 | Only 13 per cent of carers in the surveyed workforce had any support from charities or voluntary organisations and only 12 per cent received help from health and social services . |