Example sentences of "[adv] [n mass] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar finding has been reported using simultaneous gamma scintigraphy , oesophageal pH monitoring , and manometry in which only 23% of reflux events were detected by both methods . |
| 2 | Perhaps 80% of subject search sessions are short and successful , the searcher being satisfied by one or two apparently relevant items in the first dozen or so . |
| 3 | The Liberal Democrats will be depressed to see that only 40pc of Alliance voters in 1987 are now ready to vote for Peter Bergg . |
| 4 | And this was what the Technology purchase was all about — although margins are low , operating costs make up only 10% of company revenues , so profits can and are made . |
| 5 | This is in contrast with Moorglen et al , who reported the presence of glutathione S-transferase π in 100% of samples , and glutathione S-transferase α in only 10% of tumour samples , by immunohistochemistry with an immunoperoxidase staining method . |
| 6 | According to IDC , only 3% of workstation kit ended up in the financial sector — which invests more heavily in high-end and on-line transaction processing multi-user Unix systems . |
| 7 | With oil consumption in the Middle East accounting for only 3% of world demand , or 15% of home production this region remains the world 's major energy exporter as well as being OPEC 's power base , through Saudi Arabia , Iran , Iraq and Kuwait . |
| 8 | US aid to Sudan stood at $64m in 1981 , rising to $121m in 1984 ; in 1986 total US military and economic aid to Sudan stood at $158m prior to total suspension in late February with only $50m of food aid being disbursed following Sudan 's developing relations with Libya . |
| 9 | The specification is fine for the bundled software , but with only 2Mb of RAM and 40Mb hard disk , you wo n't get too far with Windows . |
| 10 | Provided breeding is selective , it is a most useful smallholder 's animal , giving perhaps 3,000kg of milk at more than 4 per cent butterfat and also providing good , small beef carcasses which are ideal for home freezers and small-scale catering . |
| 11 | By 1989/90 , public expenditure comprised only 39% of GDP , the lowest ratio since 1965/66 . |
| 12 | Only 9% of blast cells were seen . |
| 13 | Only 15% of health research is currently funded by the Department of Health or NHS , the bulk being funded by pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment companies . |
| 14 | Manufacturing accounts for only 15% of GDP , compared with 20% in Finland and Sweden . |
| 15 | Now , after 9,500 miles , I wish I had gone for something else as there is only 3mm of tread left on each tyre all the way round . |
| 16 | Antibody to V3 was also found in only 77% of OMT samples but in 100% of sera . |
| 17 | In southern California , where only 6% of travel to work is by public transport , most users would otherwise have been passengers in cars , not drivers . |
| 18 | A National Consumer Council report suggests that only 31% of council and housing associations tenants were satisfied with the way in which their complaints were handled , and that one in six tenants dissatisfied with the service provided by their landlord had not made a complaint at all . |
| 19 | Finding that a third of the track and half the stations accounted for only 2% of traffic , he began a drastic programme of closures . |
| 20 | It plans to boost public investment again , but this is unlikely to make much difference : public investment accounts for only 7% of GNP . |
| 21 | Taking the bark to make the drug kills the tree , and up to 5,000 trees are needed to produce only 2lb of paclitaxel . |
| 22 | On the other hand , only works of art made more than one hundred years ago will carry an export ban . |
| 23 | In Wester Ross only 29% of income came from the farm and in North Yorkshire only two of the nineteen farms provided more than 50% of the total taxable income . |
| 24 | Over the course of the year prior to the interviews only 8% of island women could be categorised as being depressed in a psychiatric sense as compared with 15% of Camberwell women ’ . |
| 25 | In 1991/92 , spirits accounted for 35% of all excise duties on alcoholic drinks , which totalled £5bn , but for only 24% of consumer expenditure on alcoholic drinks . |
| 26 | Last year , only 21% of glass used in the UK was recycled . |
| 27 | It is not only species of animal that die out , but whole species of feeling . |
| 28 | Schools accounted for 45% of candidates but only 26% of module enrolments . |
| 29 | ACCORDING to a recent survey only 35pc of party goers in the North find cold-sores a major turn-off while in the South only 35pc do n't . |
| 30 | Nuclear power accounted for only 1% of demand in 1983 yet there is no lack of enthusiasm for its development . |