Sentence examples for a small proportion are from inspiring English sources

A small proportion are held for more than a year.

He says: "A small proportion are snatchers or pouncers and they are the real predatory ones.

A small proportion are buying as investment for rental or future resale; 4% of buyers are Palestinian expatriates.

Of these, only a small proportion are likely to feel pain, let alone the sort of agonies described above.

Most universities feel prepared to withstand future policy shocks, but a small proportion are at breaking point.

"In a given year, the majority of high school seniors drink, but only a small proportion are drinking heavily," Mr. Hingson said.

As yet, only a small proportion is being sent offshore.

Only a small proportion were addicts, but a Beat's day was basically about buying and taking drugs.

However, only a small proportion were able to continue to the secondary level, as economic necessity forced them to work.

With inhalers the medicine is breathed directly into the lungs, only a small proportion is absorbed into the blood and so there are fewer side-effects.

The majority of ovine isolates were BDV; a small proportion were BVDV type 1. BVDV type 2 was not detected in any sample.