Example sentences of "[prep] only a [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These differences in athletic performance might not be very large , a matter of only a few per cent , but for world-class athletes , the difference between a world record and a mediocre performance can be only fractional . |
| 2 | Mr Hayward detected a glimmer of hope in the fact that the rate of increase in liquidations had slowed down , with only a 3.5 per cent rise in the last three months of 1992 . |
| 3 | The two extremes were represented by ‘ urban ’ Thetford , with only a 5.4 per cent unemployment rate , compared with 14.6 per cent in rural Cromer ( Packman 1979 ) . |
| 4 | ( According to the Finance Ministry , inflation had risen 640 per cent between 1988-1989 , with only a 0.2 per cent growth rate as against 4.1 per cent for 1987-88 . ) |
| 5 | The Directive gave the UK something of a ‘ soft landing ’ , with only a 20 per cent cut on 1980 emissions required by 1993 , and just 60 per cent by 2003 . |
| 6 | It had four companies with only a 67 per cent . |
| 7 | Minor changes in meat grading have occurred , leading to higher prices for leaner meats , but this has resulted in only a five per cent swing towards leaner meat reaching the market . |
| 8 | Mr Geoff Woolf , Natfhe general secretary , said the offer amounted to only a 4.67 per cent increase with strings for the year to January . |