At present, an obstreperous minority, using a procedure known as a filibuster, can put a stop to almost any measure unless overridden by 60 of the 100 senators and that is just the most effective of many time-wasting tactics.
Mr. Bakarinov estimated that 160,000 Berliners bought boxes by the Aug. 3 switchover -- indicating that only a minority used the end-of-analog transition as an excuse to sign up for cable or satellite.
A minority used nurse-led or telephone follow-up as opposed to a conventional series of hospital outpatient appointments to see a doctor.
It is also noted that a minority used sterile gel inside transducer covers.
A minority used sterile gel sachets in direct patient contact for endo-cavity scans (30%%), and 77.5 % used sterile gel for interventional procedures.
Among the children we studied, only a minority used ITNs (in contrast to the situation following community wide distribution).
Only a minority used other crystalloids instead of normal saline.
However, still only a minority used the website.
Most laboratories used variants of Stokes' disc method (5 ) for susceptibility tests in the period reviewed, but a minority used breakpoint tests.
A minority used CHWs to collect data prospectively (18%), or relied on hospital records (14%), and a few (8%) conducted periodic population-based surveys.
