Example sentences of "just [adj] per cent of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Department of Employment survey in 1988 of individuals attending courses or receiving job-related training , found that just 4.5 per cent of economically active men aged 50–59 and 1.9 per cent of those aged 60–64 had received some form of course or training in the four weeks prior to the interview . |
| 2 | However , despite an effective campaign , Labour secured just 32 per cent of the vote , leaving the Conservative government with an overall majority of 102 . |
| 3 | Just eight per cent of homes are rented from private landlords — compared with 45 per cent in West Germany and around 33 per cent in the US . |
| 4 | The fact that Scottish-sourced network TV accounted for just 1.5 per cent of the national output and 0.8 per cent of the radio programming suggested to the task force it seems , that there should have been more money available for commissioning north of the border . |
| 5 | However , at present , they spend only $800 million on population programmes , equivalent to just 1.2 per cent of their total aid budget . |
| 6 | Local NGOs criticised the tiny proportion of the US$167 million funding going to indigenous people , just 1.8 per cent of the total , and called for stricter controls on the use of the funds by Brazilian government agencies . |
| 7 | To date , radio has trailed badly in the UK advertising stakes , taking just 2 per cent of total expenditure . |
| 8 | Even if they did , the breakdown of just 2 per cent of the paper in the cup would give off methane to match the greenhouse warming potential produced by all the pentane gas used to ‘ blow ’ the foam of a polystyrene cup . |
| 9 | Even in the poorest countries of all , there was a dramatic surge in the proportion of children receiving primary schooling : from just 30 per cent of boys and 14 per cent of girls in 1960 to 68 per cent of boys and 43 per cent of girls in the mid-1980s . |
| 10 | As we saw , Murdoch was able to control LWT in 1971 with initially just 7.5 per cent of the voting shares . |
| 11 | Cleveland was bottom of the 107 authorities with just 67 per cent of children making the grade . |
| 12 | Yet even the most draconian measures would still have little effect on health-care inflation — because drugs account for just 7 per cent of all spending on patients . |
| 13 | for example , the Department of Agriculture for Scotland ( DAFS ) estimated there to be 75,000 people working in agriculture in Scotland in 1976 , but the Department of Employment data for the same year revealed only 33,000 people , or just 44 per cent of the DAFS total . |
| 14 | On a typical sage grouse lek , just 10 per cent of the males get over 75 per cent of all matings . |
| 15 | A tidy 34 billion cigarettes are sold every year in Thailand to 64 per cent of Thai males ( but just six per cent of females ) over the age of 20 . |
| 16 | A purchase of just 2.8 per cent of ICI last year was enough to spark talk of a pending mega-bid and cause gnashing of teeth among Labour politicians and union leaders . |
| 17 | Although only a small number of weapons had been eliminated , scientists had calculated that just 5 per cent of the weapons that existed were sufficient to destroy the world . |
| 18 | Working on the basis that 8 per cent of the population is presumed to be gay or lesbian , their core document suggests that just 5 per cent of the adult audience in Glasgow represents some 34,000 potential ticket buyers . |
| 19 | Just 0.5 per cent of Britain 's company directors are women . |
| 20 | Differences emerged between the manufacturing and service sectors , however , with 44 per cent of the former saying that they had been affected by green concerns , as against just 29 per cent of the latter . |
| 21 | This is just 3 per cent of the world installed base and only 11 per cent of the installed base in Europe . |
| 22 | Despite this increase in size , and the fact that regional aid can contribute a significant input of resources to any particular area , it still remains the case that the extent of Community regional assistance is small , amounting to just 25 per cent of the total EC budget by 1992 . |
| 23 | More than half the small peasant farms are squeezed onto just 16 per cent of the land . |
| 24 | The government claims that total spending is larger in other western states because many have a larger private sector ; in the United Kingdom it is just 0.8 per cent of total spending . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Hay 's , which came to the market around Grey Monday , managed to sell just 8 per cent of the shares on issue . |
| 27 | The £5 billion UK packaging industry consumes six per cent of total energy but claims to be responsible for just one per cent of waste . |
| 28 | A ‘ close-look ’ satellite would cost as much again , The whole bill , says Bortzmeyer , amounts to just one per cent of the world 's current spending on its war machines . |
| 29 | While the Mediterranean accounts for just one per cent of the waters of the world 's oceans , it takes roughly 12.5 per cent of the world 's oil spills . |
| 30 | 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 . |