Sentence examples for comprising a fifth from inspiring English sources

Midway through the novel, and comprising a fifth of the whole, is a self-contained novella, "The Anthill Chronicles", which purports to be an undergraduate biology thesis by the protagonist of "Anthill", about the rise and fall of four ant colonies in a tract of forest in southern Alabama.

Loyal and productive citizens comprising a fifth of Baghdad, the Jews had not known anything like the Farhud in living memory.

Longfin makos were once significant in the Cuban longline fishery, comprising a sixth of the shark landings from 1971 1972; more recent data from this fishery is not available.

People of no religion (the Nones, as they're called) are the fastest growing segment of the American population—second only to Catholics and comprising a third of of adults under 30.

The pastiche created in this work is striking: a sixteenth century artistic style, a composition comprising a seventeenth century tapestry and an eighteenth century dress, created by a twentieth century artist.

In our FRAP assays, the recovery of GFP-L-plastin fluorescence fitted a two-binding-state model [31], comprising a first quick and a second slow binding phase.

At bathyal depths, New Zealand's holothurian fauna is remarkably diverse, comprising a third of the world's known species of orders Elasipodida and Molpadiida.

Therefore, psychometrically, this study should be seen as a pilot, comprising a first attempt to develop an appropriate instrument.

In 2009, 29 countries were considered fragile, comprising a sixth of the world's population [ 2, 3].

A family carer of each participant will be invited to take part in the study, comprising a second research population of up to 50 family carers.

Newborn mortality, comprising a third of all under-5 deaths, has hardly changed in low and middle income countries (LMICs) including South Africa over the past decade.