Sentence examples for a fifth of the normal from inspiring English sources
The 17 schools will serve about 12,000 students -- a fifth of the normal population -- but Bill Roberti, chief restructuring officer for the schools, said others will open as demand increases.
A last-ditch effort to prevent yellow fever spreading through Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and potentially developing into a global epidemic is to be launched using vaccines containing a fifth of the normal dose because the global stockpile is so low.
This helps Binani save a fifth of the normal railway freight cost.
Fearful of an imminent volcanic eruption, she knew she had to leave her farmland as soon as she could, so she was forced to sell her livestock — her family's most valuable assets — at a fifth of the normal rate.
Playing in only midnight shows last weekend (or about a fifth of the normal showings in a typical weekend) in 33 theaters, "Paranormal Activity" sold about $16,000 of tickets in each venue (well more than a fifth of the "Blair Witch" grosses) with hardly any paid advertising to drive traffic.
These little beauties are collectable miniature classics at a twelfth of the normal size - to adorn your desktop.
Instead, the tunnels would be kept at around a thousandth of the normal atmospheric pressure at sea level.
There would not have been room for them all anyway -- the temporary location can accommodate only about a third of the normal work force.
In a year with only a third of the normal rainfall, Mr. Morales said, a half inch today, however welcome, will leave the earth dry by tomorrow.
