Only a small minority of all the carpets ever made are still around in one piece.
In this respect, they were in the minority of all passersby that day.
A significant minority of all pupils are in private, nonstate schools, most of them run by the Roman Catholic Church.
It's still just a small minority of all GOP senators, and only 13 House Republicans joined them.
Thyroid carcinomas account for a minority of all malignant tumours but, after those of the gonads, they represent the most common forms of endocrine cancers.
Yet not only are dependent users a minority of all users; in addition, society has rejected this argument in the case of alcohol and of nicotine (whose addictive power is greater than that of heroin).
The former high death rate among adult men, the lack of living sons, and, very rarely, quarrels between generations made these large households a minority of all households at any one time.
Despite the amount of attention electric cars are garnering, it is important to bear in mind that they will remain a small minority of all vehicles on the roads for the foreseeable future.
A large minority of all voters (41%) opposed any deal with either party, but 21% backed a formal Labour/SNP coalition while another 21% favoured a more informal approach to Labour by the SNP.
So cases involving Muslims represented a minority of all cases brought by the EEOC and generally involved the sorts of claims that are routinely brought by non-Muslims (with the truck drivers' case being the one possible exception).
They are probably a minority of all hypertension patients, but their evolving medical histories may shed light on the course of high blood pressure in other people as well.
