The phrase "as a small portion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that constitutes a minor part of a whole or a limited quantity of something.
Example: "The report highlighted the findings, with the data from the survey presented as a small portion of the overall analysis."
Alternatives: "as a minor part" or "as a limited segment".
"They can be difficult products to get comfortable with, but make so much sense as a small portion of a well-diversified retirement portfolio," he added.
As mentioned in lecture today, as a small portion of your section participation grade we are asking each student to provide brief feedback on 2 assigned lectures throughout the quarter.
Created as one of Poland's 16 reorganized provinces in 1999, it encompasses the former province (1975 98) of Opole as well as a small portion of the former province of Częstochowa.
Tyson, for instance, sells such chicken under the NatureRaised Farms brand, but that currently accounts for what a spokesman described as a "small" portion of the company's overall chicken sales.
Created as one of Poland's 16 reorganized provinces in 1999, it encompasses the former province (1975 98) of Opole, as well as a small portion of the former province of Częstochowa.
Ultimately, performance-based funding was included as a small portion of the model.
As mentioned above, this approach is inefficient for the exploration of meiosis, as only a small portion of cells in anthers are meiocytes.
Because of the sensitive wavelength dependence of Bragg reflection exhibited by materials such as silicon, a small portion of a continuous spectrum of radiation can be isolated.
In these areas, the CamBoard Pico Flexx does not provide amplitude values, as only a small portion of the emitted light is reflected back to the sensor.
The authors did not consider the levels in stream water to be harmful as only a small portion of the total amount of fertiliser (0.5% of total application) reached the streams.
The scale of the bailout argues forcefully against partisan spending on the part of TARP recipients as just a small portion of the TARP billions can make outcome-determinative differences in particular elections, especially local ones.
