The phrase "a modest fraction of this" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small part or portion of something larger, often in a quantitative context.
Example: "While the total budget is substantial, a modest fraction of this will be allocated to community outreach programs."
Alternatives: "a small portion of this" or "a slight amount of this".
This indicates that a modest fraction of the inflammatory response, likely mediated by JNK/AP-1 pathway parallel to NF-κB signaling escapes the global repression [32], [33].
The cost of redoing these piers would be about $70 million, a modest fraction of the $1.2 billion provided earlier by Washington to help revive the city.
He noted that the individual income tax collects most of its revenue from a modest fraction of the population: about 58percentt of income tax is paid by households with income over $200,000; they represent just over 4percentt of tax filers.
Compared with the cost of packaging, marketing and other ingredients, cocoa sometimes represents a modest fraction of the overall cost of a candy bar, said Susan Smith, a spokeswoman for the United States Chocolate Manufacturers Association.
A10 Rumsfeld Details His Plan Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld described his vision of military transformation as one that might not even challenge current weapons programs or involve more than a "modest fraction" of the Pentagon's forces.
Common variation accounts for only a modest fraction of the predicted heritability and the role of rare genetic variation of higher effects (ie, odds ratios markedly deviating from 1) is increasingly being identified through sequencing efforts.
Not only do they constitute a modest fraction of the land area, which itself is less than one-third of Earth's surface, but they are often obscured by clouds.
The outlay represented only a modest fraction of the more than $2.5 million that Mr. Spitzer's campaign has spent since he announced his candidacy on July 7, dwarfing what his opponent, Scott M. Stringer, has spent in the same period.
We find that only a modest fraction of the total uncertainty in phi psi conformation (from 14 to 38%, at 20 90° resolutions, respectively) is resolved even with perfect knowledge of secondary structure.
Seeking to quiet anger from some uniformed officers and in Congress, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld described his vision of military transformation today as one that may not even challenge current weapons programs or affect more than a "modest fraction" of the Pentagon's forces.
