The phrase "a fairly small proportion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a quantity or percentage that is relatively low compared to a larger group or total.
Example: "In the survey, a fairly small proportion of respondents indicated that they were dissatisfied with the service."
Alternatives: "a relatively minor percentage" or "a modest share".
"A fairly small proportion gets distributed [to broadcasters] internationally but a large amount of this content is watched online, a lot of it illegally.
Europa's density of 3.0 grams per cubic cm indicates that it consists predominantly of rock with a fairly small proportion of frozen or liquid water.
The church did not invest directly in Wonga, after all – it invested in a venture capital firm that put a fairly small proportion of its funds into the company.
"Sex-oriented underwear is probably a fairly small proportion of the market nationally," said Arnold Karr, the executive editor of the men's wear trade publication DNR, referring to the revealing styles.
Only a fairly small proportion of the federal budget was spent on other items, with about 10percentt of the overall budget being devoted to the salaries and other remuneration of federal civilian employees.
But with emigration uncontrolled, UK citizens free to come and go, no limits on students and only limited levers over asylum and family migration, even a new "Australian-style points system" for skilled migrants would only control a fairly small proportion of migration flows.
27 The fairly small proportion of patients who had a dose adjustment, previously observed in other studies, 28 was thereby confirmed in routine clinical practice in the OCEANE study.
The simulations for the assignment procedure resulted in a fairly small increase in proportion of failures at increasing assignment stringency levels.
In conclusion, a fairly low proportion of owners select to use electronic training devices.
The results of this study suggest that a fairly low proportion of owners select to use electronic training devices.
"Goshen is a fairly small community.
