Example sentences of "[noun] only 10 [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , if we turn the figures about and look at them from the point of view of the older generation themselves , we still find that in early modern England only 10 per cent of sixty-year-olds were living with their married children or grandchildren . |
| 2 | No wonder only 10 per cent of American adults have a valid passport ; why bother to go abroad when you have all this at home . |
| 3 | In the mid eighteenth century only 10 per cent of holders lived outside the Home Counties , the majority of ordinary holders being members of the London bourgeoisie or petit bourgeoisie : merchants , bankers , brokers , jobbers , clergymen , doctors , lawyers , shopkeepers , artisans and sometimes even servants . |
| 4 | For a quotation on the USM only 10 per cent of the shares must be in the possession of the general public . |
| 5 | The rapid returners , where three-quarters struck at the outset , but by mid-November only 10 per cent had not returned to work . |