Sentence examples for barely a tenth from inspiring English sources

Politicians in Washington, DC, complain that Japan gets American protection on the cheap, spending just 0.9% of GDP on defence, or $45 billion a year, barely a tenth of America's military budget.

Now there's barely a tenth of that.

That was barely a tenth of what Germany managed.

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

That is still barely a tenth of what federal civilian workers pay for comparable insurance.

TEPCO's share price is barely a tenth of what it was before the disaster.

Now they attract barely a second glance.

I had barely a third of that.

Barely a fifth of the economy is in private hands.

Barely a fifth of homes have running water.

Turning on my radio takes barely a second with one press of a button.