Sentence examples for but a small portion from inspiring English sources

Above is but a small portion of the crowd.

Of course, capital gains income provides but a small portion of total income tax collections.

"All but a small portion of these deaths were due to government shelling," the report said.

Her house was gone," he said, but a small portion of it remained.

Much of the park's northeastern border is the Nevada state line, but a small portion extends into Nevada's Bullfrog Hills.

Although Carole's special gifts of color and design grace countless homes and offices, her art is but a small portion of her legacy.

Being interested in the American way of living, she ordered a typical Yankee luncheon, and settled on ice cream for dessert, but specified a small portion.

But only a small portion of coffee producers can access this benefit, he said, since not all coffee producers hold a Fairtrade certificate.

The ultimate cost is estimated at $8 billion, but only a small portion has been spent as Congress has held a tight rein on the project.

Our camp was stocked with cases upon cases of lemon-fresh Joy, but only a small portion was ever used for washing dishes.

But only a small portion of that went to scholarships and grants: 1.7 percent, or about $940,000, according to filings with the I.R.S.