Example sentences of "only [verb] a [adj] proportion " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the attempt to assure us that directors are controlled by their shareholders must fail , for no matter how far the law goes in strengthening the powers conferred upon shareholders to monitor the managers of their company the reality is that where each shareholder only holds a tiny proportion of the share capital of the company none of the shareholders will avail themselves of the powers given to them to monitor the management . |
| 2 | Then , it only commanded a small proportion of the UK biscuit market . |
| 3 | Of course we only support a tiny proportion of the proposals put to us , mainly because it is very difficult to create new and revolutionary approaches . |
| 4 | Traditionally archives such as the PRO have only selected a small proportion of the records produced in departments for permanent preservation . |
| 5 | It is clear to me that as this only affects a small proportion of the membership and there are good strategic reasons for the larger firms to back the proposal ( eg the demise of the smaller practice ) , unless general practitioners take action now they will only have themselves to blame when their incomes fall and the value of their practices diminishes . |
| 6 | The National Consumer Council report Credit and Debt ; the Consumer Interest ( May 1990 ) noted that the number of mortgage repossessions still only represented a tiny proportion of all people with mortgages . |
| 7 | This greatly increases the chances of survival of the young , for the fishermen and the many marine predators combined can only harvest a small proportion of this vast feast . |
| 8 | Since sperm only constitute a tiny proportion of the seminal fluid this is not even noticeable . |
| 9 | After all , the postclassical position recognises that variability in human criminal motivations plays a part in accounting for the prevalence of crimes : it would not be too damaging to the overall position to allow that in some cases it plays the major part ( provided that the exceptions only constitute a tiny proportion of total crime — which would certainly be the case with sexual abuse of children ) . |
| 10 | Attendance at the careers convention once each year is not enough and will in any case only reach a small proportion of the school children who may be contemplating their future . |
| 11 | Lubrication may be provided by melting between mineral boundaries , but molten material must only form a small proportion of the asthenosphere since it is capable of transmitting S-waves . |
| 12 | Bayer now supplies the paint industry with binding agents which only need a small proportion of solvents and in some cases no solvents at all . |