Example sentences of "[verb] just [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were probably saying the same thing at the end of the 1960s after the Socialist Party of the day , the Federation de la Gauche Democrate et Socialiste , had won a mere 16.5 per cent of the vote in the 1968 general election and Gaston Deferre , their candidate in the following year 's presidential election had polled just 5 per cent . |
| 2 | Fifteen miles away in Witney Henry Box School reported just three per cent truancy . |
| 3 | Sales almost doubled from £61.9m to £120m for the year to 30 June , but operating margins fell sharply and pre-tax profits rose just five per cent to £7.29m . |
| 4 | Pre-tax profits in the three months to end-December rose just 4.4 per cent to £236 million from £226 million in the same period last year . |
| 5 | Share issues and a rising tax charges meant earnings rose just 25 per cent to 22.5p and a final dividend of 3p makes a total of 5.6p ( 4.5p ) . |
| 6 | The average man 's ejaculate contains an estimated 200,000,000 sperm , although this represents just two per cent of the total ejaculate ; the other ninety-eight per cent consists of the mucus-like semen . |
| 7 | The article goes on : ’ The reality is the Poll Tax represents just 14 per cent . |
| 8 | Leading shares now earn just 6 per cent gross and pay dividends of 4 per cent . |
| 9 | The Pennyland estate in Milton Keynes has over 100 houses that have been designed to catch as much sun as possible , cutting annual heating bills by 40 per cent and costing just one per cent more to build . |
| 10 | All elections in Kerala are notoriously close calls — in the last poll for the State Assembly , the winning left coalition scored just 0.79 per cent more than its Congress-led rival . |
| 11 | Yet the rainforests cover just seven per cent of global landmass . |
| 12 | Hay 's , which came to the market around Grey Monday , managed to sell just 8 per cent of the shares on issue . |
| 13 | However , despite an effective campaign , Labour secured just 32 per cent of the vote , leaving the Conservative government with an overall majority of 102 . |
| 14 | She slammed internal bickering and said the Greens , who polled just 0.5 per cent in April 's general election , have become a ‘ liability ’ for the environmental cause . |
| 15 | To date , radio has trailed badly in the UK advertising stakes , taking just 2 per cent of total expenditure . |
| 16 | Net premiums grew just 3.4 per cent , in spite of rates hardening . |
| 17 | By volume , retail sales grew just 1.2 per cent in the year to August and in the latest three months they were 1 per cent lower than in the previous period . |
| 18 | The outcome for party politics was healthy : the PS won 82 per cent of the vote ; the PDS won 17 per cent ; and the PAI won just 1 per cent of the vote . |
| 19 | Mr Rocard won just 27 per cent of the vote on Sunday — 20 points less than in the last general election five years ago , and 11 points behind his right wing rival . |
| 20 | In the 1992 general election , it gained just 1.3 per cent of the vote . |