Sentence examples for barely a sixth from inspiring English sources

China's capital spending is on the way to exceeding that of the United States but its consumer spending is barely a sixth as large.

UNICEF and other organizations have provided makeshift schools for the tens of thousands of children in the camp, but barely a sixth attend.

In a key test vote last Thursday, the conservative standard-bearer, Yegor K. Ligachev, mustered barely a sixth of the delegates.

Antony Gormley's One & Other is barely a sixth of the way through its 100-day run and yet it has intrigued and infuriated the public in equal measure.

China's capital spending is on the way to exceeding that of the U.S., but its consumer spending is barely a sixth as large.

The Red Sox are off to a troubled start, and barely a sixth of the way into the season, the Web sites and comment boards in Boston are warning of a long and miserable summer.

Now they attract barely a second glance.

I had barely a third of that.

Now, barely a tenth do.The repercussions have been perverse.

That was barely a tenth of what Germany managed.

Barely a fifth of the economy is in private hands.