Sentence examples for affect a sliver of from inspiring English sources

Obviously, all this would only affect a sliver of American higher education, in any event, since most colleges aren't selective.

They've also made the point that overdraft fees only affect a sliver of consumers.

The deal retains the Bush-era tax cuts and almost all existing deductions and tax breaks, except for a few changes affecting a sliver of high-income Americans, generally defined as those with taxable income above $450,000, and even they did not fare badly (their new top rate of 39.6 percent is still among the lowest top rates in the 100-year history of the income tax).

In themselves, the actions affect only a sliver of China's exports to the United States.

The 800,000 affected federal workers were fewer than one half of 1percentt of the nation's total work force, so even when government contractors are added, the shutdown affected just a sliver of the country's G.D.P.

Reductions in tax rates for the wealthiest North Carolinians, as well as possible elimination of the state estate tax (which affects a tiny sliver of the wealthiest families in the state but generates a decent amount of revenue), translates into additional deficits of a billion dollars by 2018.

Based on his office's estimates, the law in its current form would potentially affect the employment of only a sliver of the labor force, perhaps just 0.5 percent of workers, he said.

It offered a sliver of optimism.

But still, a sliver of the sun shone out.

Behind it, though, lies a sliver of campus history.

There is a sliver of light.