That is but a small fraction of the 2.7 million manufacturing jobs lost nationwide in those three years, many of them because of imports.
Military veterans have made up but a small fraction of Princeton's undergraduate class in recent years.
Overall, the school's current billed research is $11.3 million, all but a small fraction from Washington.
All but a small fraction of the electricity generated in West Virginia comes from coal.
Nevertheless, Islam touched but a small fraction of the total African population of sub-Saharan Africa.
It usually takes but a small fraction of his or her time.
And the country has tapped but a small fraction of its potential supplies.
But a small fraction actually appear at the front each day — often only a few hundred.
More important, the money is but a small fraction of what will be needed to rebuild Iraq.
And that is but a small fraction of the 2.7 million manufacturing jobs lost nationwide in the last three years.
The disgruntled agents, Allstate adds, are but a small fraction of the thousands who have stayed with the company.
