Sentence examples for but close to zero from inspiring English sources

Write-offs are running at around 2% of banks' secured loans in America but close to zero in the euro zone and Britain.In Spain and Britain house prices have also fallen less steeply than in America and borrowers have been cushioned by ultra-low interest rates, reducing their incentive to pay down or walk away from debt.

Mean renal extraction of 99mTc-annexin V was initially 0.12 but close to zero 120 min pi.

For example, a smart phone in the pocket of a walking citizen generates rich accelerometer data, but close to zero light values.

In the middle of this oscillation region, the LE is negative, but close to zero, indicating that limit-cycle oscillations are weakly affected by thermal noise.

As evident in Table 2, estimates of γ are nearly identical (−0.19 and −0.21) in the sub-base and base specifications, respectively, but close to zero (−0.03) and insignificant following addition of MSA fixed effects.

We find no evidence that receiving SSS payouts led to a reduction in labour supply at the extensive or intensive margins the estimated effects are statistically insignificant and either negative but close to zero or positive.

Dimension Data generates around 40% of revenues from Asia and Africa but close to two thirds of group profits.

Drywall sales account for a little more than half of USG revenue, which was $5.8 billion last year, but close to three quarters of operating profit.

At 9 AM Sunday, the blackout foretold hadn't happened, but close to sixty thousand customers in every borough but Manhattan had lost power; nationwide, the number is four million homes and, worse, eleven people dead.

Aramon is one of the hardest hit, but close to two dozen small towns and villages have been severely damaged by floods resulting from 36 hours of heavy rain earlier this week that swelled rivers.

Burglar alarms were fitted to slightly more than 10% of households in 1992, but close to three times as many by 2008/09.