Example sentences of "[verb] only 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has not changed : in 1972 , people in the bottom 80 per cent of the wealth distribution owned only 10 per cent of realizable assets . |
| 2 | The liquidity squeeze ( predicted to affect only 10 per cent of the population directly ) immediately limited withdrawals from interest-bearing money-market accounts ( estimated to total $70,000 million ) to 20 per cent and those from private savings and current accounts to no more than approximately $1,000 . |
| 3 | Light , insulating , economical puffed-wood structures , using only 10 per cent by weight of the wood previously needed , will spring up everywhere . |
| 4 | Although Australia possessed some 30 per cent of the world 's known uranium , it provided only 10 per cent of output , largely because of the left 's traditional hostility to the nuclear industry . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This means that , if trains took coal from a mine 10 kilometres up a branch line to a power station 100 km away , the model would expect only 10 per cent of the revenue to be lost if the branch line were closed . |
| 7 | The annual report of the United Nations Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) , released on Dec. 19 , showed that poor countries spent an average 12 per cent of their budgets on health and education , while rich countries allocated only 10 per cent of their aid to these sectors in the developing world . |
| 8 | Because of the drought , cotton farmers in north-western New South Wales are receiving only 10 per cent of their normal allocation of water from irrigation projects , while the cost of water has risen by as much as 30 per cent . |
| 9 | Half of India 's forest has been destroyed over the last 40 years , leaving only 10 per cent coverage . |
| 10 | In 1923 they controlled only 10 per cent of evening titles . |