Example sentences of "[noun pl] only [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In state schools only £38 per pupil is spend in secondary schools and £25 in primaries . |
| 2 | Thus , whereas more than half of the straightforward deliveries of ‘ ordinary ’ books were made within 10 minutes , in the case of early or rare books only 45% of straightforward deliveries from the Main Building took under 20 minutes , and nearly half ( 47% ) took more than 35 minutes . |
| 3 | The correct word was included about 60% of the time , although it was found in the first position of the list of alternatives only 18% of the time . |
| 4 | According to their figures only 19% of those who start work as clerks are still employed in clerical work by the time that they are 30 . |
| 5 | When forest is cut in Amazonia , cations from the burn de-acidify the soil , releasing phosphorus from iron and aluminium compounds , but leaching rapidly removes the cations , only 18% of the standing crop potassium remaining after 3 years , while in crops only 3% of the nitrogen was incorporated ( only 1 % in the edible parts ) , 12% of the calcium ( 1% in edible parts ) 24% , potassium ( 4% in edible parts ) and 5% of the phosphorus ( 1% in the edible parts ) . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |