Example sentences of "only [num] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | For British Telecom and British Gas , where the perks took the form of discounts on quarterly bills , they were worth only 6.9 per cent and 7.4 per cent respectively . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the year the government forecast that the rate of inflation for 1988 would be only 32 per cent . |
| 3 | The situation is more acute in the rural areas when only 32 per cent of the population aged seven to fourteen years are enrolled at school . |
| 4 | Although only 32 per cent of women between 65 and 70 live alone , the proportion rises to 60 per cent for those over 80 . |
| 5 | Opinion polls conducted immediately after the election showed 36 per cent against EC membership and only 32 per cent in favour . |
| 6 | Laboratory tests revealed that only 32 per cent of the nitrogen content ended up as organic nitrogen compounds . |
| 7 | The Green candidate , finishing fourth out of eight , won only 1.2 per cent ( 1.5 in 1987 ) . |
| 8 | Details of a report by the Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche ( WIIW — the Vienna Institute for International Comparative Economics ) , published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of April 19 , 1990 , showed that industrial production in member states of COMECON had risen by only 1.2 per cent in 1989 — the lowest ever recorded . |
| 9 | As a result , in 1979 only 75 per cent of payments for imports and net interest was covered by exports and other net receipts . |
| 10 | For example , Beveridge allowed pensioners only 75 per cent of the scientific food value regarded as necessary for ‘ physical efficiency ’ , in addition to 10 per cent for special food needs . |
| 11 | As Urban Programme allocations were limited , covering only 75 per cent of total costs , capital projects did not always receive appropriate current support . |
| 12 | Why does department X manage to enable all pupils to reach exam-entry standard , whereas department Y finds a steady dropping-out in terms of motivation and attendance , and its teachers seem content that only 75 per cent of the pupils take the exam ? |
| 13 | The American study shows that 95 per cent of women whose cancer was found by mammogram lived for at least five years , compared with only 75 per cent of those who found lumps after self-examination . |
| 14 | Said Graham : ‘ He 's only 75 per cent fit . |
| 15 | The dominant greenhouse or infrared absorbing gas for all three planets is carbon dioxide , but whereas Venus and Mars have atmospheric carbon dioxide contents of over 80 per cent , the earth 's atmosphere contains only 0.04 per cent . |
| 16 | This is reversed at the opposite end , however : 11.5 per cent of men and only 6.2 per cent of women gained thirds ( Universities Statistical Record ) . |
| 17 | Only 51.7 per cent of the 1,440,000 registered voters reportedly participated . |
| 18 | The New Earnings Survey shows that in 1984 women earned only 74 per cent of men 's hourly rate , and only 66 per cent of men 's gross weekly earnings . |
| 19 | Thus the climate for negotiations on a major issue such as what constituted acceptable compensation for expropriated US properties ( the Cubans , desperately short of foreign exchange , were prepared to offer only 4.5 per cent bonds ) was soured . |
| 20 | Among ’ industrial nations the rise was only 4.5 per cent , up from 3.4 per cent in 1988 . |
| 21 | At the 1981 Census 16.3 per cent of its employed men had successfully completed higher education , with the next highest region — the South West managing only 13.3 per cent and the Northern Region lowest at 11.5 per cent . |
| 22 | are in this category in London and only 23.1 per cent . |
| 23 | ‘ They are asking for eight per cent , whereas the housing associations can afford to pay only three-and-a-half per cent . ’ |
| 24 | By 1989/90 the Exchequer met only 43.4 per cent , with a further 4 per cent coming from a central grant that reimbursed authorities for part of the rate rebates that they gave to poor households . |
| 25 | Had that led to a dramatic detection of crime , it would have been good , but I understand that the surveys then carried out suggest that in only 0.03 per cent . |
| 26 | Since the first closing date , only 0.03 per cent further acceptances have been received . ’ |
| 27 | Both rounds were marked by a very low turnout , with only 20.87 per cent of the electorate participating in the second round . |
| 28 | During the Battle of Britain , Air Chief Marshal Dowding had the incomparable advantage of information from Ultra and he monitored its signals very carefully ; he knew , therefore , that only fifty per cent of the German aircraft were then serviceable , and so , on 15 September he sent up every available fighter plane against the enemy . |
| 29 | Thirdly , there are amendments in the name of the Government of the er Noble Earl Lord which are Amendments ten , fifteen and twenty and these provide for greater flexibility in the size of police authorities , again between sixteen and twenty-four members to be determined by the Secretary of State and for the Bill 's existing proposition that er fifty per cent of the members should be er and only fifty per cent of the members , should be from local authorities that er er er er that er of the remainder some should be magistrates and some should be members appointed by the Secretary of State and finally er there is a series of amendments er by the Noble Lord , Lord , Amendment seventeen , eighteen and twenty-two and those provide again with flexibility of size for er police authorities that half of the members should be from local authorities and the other half should be magistrates . |
| 30 | From 1981 to 1985 , US aid to El Salvador totalled US$1.7 billion , of which some 30 per cent was direct military aid ; 44.1 per cent was economic assistance to prop up El Salvador 's ailing economy , hard hit by the war ; 10.5 per cent was food aid ; and only 15.4 per cent went to development and governmental reform . |