Sentences with phrase «ever smaller fraction of»

Humanists UK Director of Public Affairs and Policy Richy Thompson commented, «It is alarming to see that, as the Church of England continues to represent an ever smaller fraction of the public, its state schools are increasingly being used as tools for recruitment, at public expense.

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The boom in unconventional fuels — such as bitumen extracted from Alberta's tar sands and oil extracted from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation by hydraulic fracturing («fracking»)-- has swelled global reserves even as climate scientists issue ever - sterner warnings that burning more than a small fraction of these reserves would be suicidal.

Only a tiny fraction of assistance is ever directed to research and even that small sum tends to be the first on the chopping block when budgets are cut.

So if government is injecting this huge sum to create jobs for a small fraction of the graduates, we will obviously have high unemployment than ever.

Female mammals are born with millions of dormant eggs, but only a small fraction ever mature into cells with reproductive potential.

But for both people and animals, voluntary lab testing to diagnose flu captures only the small fraction of cases that ever involve a doctor visit.

Only a small fraction of oiled birds are ever found — many die at sea or on remote shores.

The fraction of life that gets fossilized is always extremely small: Of all the many dinosaurs that ever lived, for example, only a few thousand nearly complete fossil specimens have been discovereof life that gets fossilized is always extremely small: Of all the many dinosaurs that ever lived, for example, only a few thousand nearly complete fossil specimens have been discovereOf all the many dinosaurs that ever lived, for example, only a few thousand nearly complete fossil specimens have been discovered.

The multiple laws, regulations, and policies related to public and private schools result in a very small fraction of abuse incidents by school personnel ever being reported to law enforcement or child welfare personnel.

And the fraction of all Big Five traditionally - published authors who will ever see their book in a supermarket, Costco, or airport bookstore is infinitesimally small.

This essential but forgotten workforce of donkeys, horses, mules, camels and elephants supports the livelihoods of a billion people worldwide — yet only a small fraction will ever gain desperately - needed access to veterinary care.

Solar and wind power are unlikely to ever provide more than a small fraction of the world's energy; they are too diffuse and unreliable.

Certainly nothing you have ever presented in the small fraction of your campaign to flood the blogosphere with your opinions that I've read has touched the validity of BEST, compares with it for technique, precision or expertise, or reflects the least dimension of actual statistical knowledge.

In the end, we should not be surprised to learn that only a small fraction of previously estimated coal reserves will ever be economically recoverable.

The defendant was destitute and would never - ever be in a position to pay even a small fraction of the amount sought.

Only a small fraction of offers are ever all - cash.