Example sentences of "only [art] few per [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 | Although oceanic crust is consumed at destructive plate margins at very nearly the same rate at which it is created at constructive plate margins , a small proportion of mantle material — perhaps only a few per cent — is involved in the generation of andesite magmas at destructive plate margins , and contributes to the volcanic rocks erupted at the surface . |
| 3 | Total French expenditure is only a few per cent of total US space expenditure . |
| 4 | Thus , Beed has claimed that ‘ since ownership is very widely dispersed … either it could mean , with Berle and Means , that no one individual or small group could gain sufficient votes for control , or , contradicting Berle and Means , that only a few per cent of votes was required for control ’ . |
| 5 | Only a few per cent of the thyroid tumours would be fatal , whereas perhaps half of the cancers from caesium-137 would be fatal . |
| 6 | Although as a prediction of the electoral result this was incorrect , the estimates were only a few per cent out . |
| 7 | Most people will offer something even if it is only a few per cent for cash on delivery . |