Example sentences of "to a mere [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to studies into the side on which men ‘ dress ’ , seventy-five per cent have penises that lie to the left when they 're fully clothed as opposed to a mere seventeen per cent that have penises that lie to the right . |
| 2 | The fineness of the gold began a gentle decline through the tenth century to about 90 per cent , and debasement accelerated during the following century until it took a sudden nosedive in the two decades between 1071 and 1092 , falling from about 70 per cent to a mere 10 per cent . |
| 3 | Likewise the number of voters who think of themselves as being ‘ very strongly ’ committed to Labour has fallen by more than half over the same period to a mere 10 per cent of the electorate : of voters with of voters with Labour'very strong' Labour identificationidentification 19665024 19704721 19744516 19794211 19833711 19873613 19923711 |
| 4 | The effect of reading a highbrow paper on public awareness of Kinnock dropped from 28 per cent to a mere 5 per cent as the election approached . |
| 5 | The difference between Kinnock 's visibility to those with high and low levels of political interest dropped from 45 per cent before the campaign to 20 per cent at the end of the campaign ; the difference between his visibility to highbrow and lowbrow paper readers dropped from 28 per cent to a mere 5 per cent ; but over the same period the difference between his visibility amongst viewers and nonviewers of television news actually rose slightly . |
| 6 | The major achievement that could be claimed by March 1983 — a notable one indeed — was that inflation had fallen from a peak of 22 per cent in early 1980 to a mere 5 per cent . |
| 7 | The English figure climbed briefly to 9 per cent in the mid-nineteenth century and then fell back to a mere 1 per cent today . |
| 8 | The rest of the thirteen essential attributes range between a mention by 20 per cent for ‘ mature/stable ’ down to a mere 2 per cent for ‘ specific educational qualifications ' ( ! ) |
| 9 | Acknowledging the downward spiral caused by the most severe global recession since the Second World War , the report predicted that world economic growth would rise from 1.5 per cent in 1992 to a mere 3 per cent in 1993 . |