Sentences with phrase «is a tiny fraction»

It's a tiny fraction of them that have been able to get public at a price greater than $ 1 billion.

With 6.7 billion people in the world, we're a tiny fraction of the way there, but we're extremely happy with the progress.»

There's even proof that the investment in translation is a tiny fraction of department budgets.

And yet the flight to physics rather gives the game away, since measured any way you like — volume of papers, number of working researchers, total amount of funding — deductive, theory - building physics in the mold of Newton and Lagrange, Maxwell and Einstein, is a tiny fraction of modern science as a whole.

As an added bonus, list the entire budget for the IRS and imply that it would be a tiny fraction of it's current budget and that money would be returned to the general fund.

Finally, there is a tiny fraction (I would say less than 1 %) of uses where the term probably does refer to receiving eternal life, though even in these contexts, the actual meaning of the word is debatable.

We have plenty of food and export about half of what we produce, but that is a tiny fraction of the global food supply - of which we supply about 1 %.

Even the Obama campaign's 2008 online spending was a tiny fraction of what he invested in TV ads.

It may be tiny fraction of EU GDP but EU (and US) agro lobby is very powerful.

You know, that's not the 1 percent; that's a tiny fraction of the 1 percent.

The only people who are wrong here are Sampson and whoever thinks giving people basic rights hurts the Senate Democrats» election chances upstate... farmers are a tiny fraction of the electorate

For hardened missile silos, this «too far» distance is a tiny fraction of the distance that the ICBM has to travel.

State employee paychecks are a tiny fraction of that and a very small part of the deficit problem.

«Unproven allegations, twenty year old DUI's and a tax debt that's a tiny fraction of Mayor Robert Duffy's own overtime padding and double - dipping won't stir the voters.

The restored area will be a tiny fraction of the 780,000 hectares of wetlands that used to exist.

Yet that is a tiny fraction of the number of viruses on Earth.

In comparison, annual CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion are a tiny fraction of that, or about 5.7 gigatons.

Planck was a very expensive experiment, but it was a tiny fraction of the cost of the Hubble Space Telescope and even a tinier fraction of the cost of the James Webb Space Telescope.

A quick look at the FAO (2013) stats shows the supply of all these grains combined is a tiny fraction of the total world production and consumption of grains and seeds.

There are a few unforced errors — a late defeat - snatched - from - the - jaws - of - victory moment, the ongoing Iron Man — ification of Spidey's «suit» — but the film's number of actual missteps is a tiny fraction of the potential missteps inherent in an undertaking this vast.

It's a shame that the number of kids who will get to see «Song of the Sea» is a tiny fraction of those who've seen «The Lego Movie» or «Big Hero 6.»

This is a tiny fraction of the program's spending but provides critical support for the personnel and equipment needed to serve students with disabilities and, in some instances, to pay for school nurses and counselors.

Sure, you can dislike the interruption in instruction (although the time taken up by state standardized tests is a tiny fraction of time taken up by local tests).

However that is a tiny fraction of the water we actually consume because it takes 250 - 650 gallons of water to grow a pound of rice, 130 gallons to grow a pound of wheat, 65 gallons to grow a pound of potatoes, 3,000 gallons to make a quarter - pound burger (assuming the cow is grain fed) and 500 - 1,000 gallons to create a quart of milk, a pound of sugar can take 400 gallons of water to grow and a pound of coffee tips the scales at 2,650 gallons of water!

The content in these newsletters is a tiny fraction of the reviews, news, previews, free books and more that are available to our members for less than $ 3 a month.

Apple probably doesn't give a hang about whether it sells ebooks or not; it's a tiny fraction of their income.

There are just 1,810 games in total — it may sound like a lot, but is a tiny fraction of what Google Play offers.

Again, there's little space for any competitor to gain meaningful traction in the tablet space, although Microsoft does have the third - place spot lined up, even if it is a tiny fraction of the overall share.

And again, forget the fact that the number of people who got published before was a tiny fraction of those who tried.

Is it a tiny fraction?

But that's a tiny fraction of the Chinese population.

To the other extreme, there are variable annuities with a fixed $ 20 / mo mortality fee which on a large valued account can be a tiny fraction of a percent of the funds invested.

Securities lending income is a tiny fraction of MER for many funds.

Note that the error is a tiny fraction of a cent, and the interest rate is a very nice 18.4 % nominal annual rate, compounded monthly.

You'll find as you get older and have a higher balance, this fast method gaining accuracy, as your deposits are a tinier fraction of your account and likely spread out pretty smoothly over the year anyway.

These are a tiny fraction of the weapons one can use.

This means that even if demand is low - say only 5 % to 10 % of players purchase DLC after they finish the original game - the development costs to shipping what is effectively script into an open world is a tiny fraction of what it costs to build that same content in parallel with the game (especially given that shipped games are stable).

Bad boss fights occupy less than hour of MGSV total, though, and that's a tiny fraction of my playtime so far.

«But lets take a slightly wider view of this - we are a tiny fraction into this generation.

What's left of the multi-year ice is some tiny fraction of what was already a very small percentage of the total sea ice.

I think you'll find that it's a tiny fraction, enough to easily be supplied by non-fossil generation.

After all, the amount of energy releasable is a tiny fraction of what we get from the sun — so why worry?

One reason is that energy costs are a tiny fraction of the price of owning expensive real estate, so why not have the windows open while the air conditioning is blasting.

500 million gallons per year is a tiny fraction of Californian water use (something like 80 billion cubic metres per year; 500 million gallons is about 2 million cubic metres).

The wind driven coastal upwellings are a tiny fraction of the ocean surface and volume.

Instrument makers are a tiny fraction of the global trade in such woods.

Even at 10,000 barrels a day times $ 75 a barrel, that potential revenue is a tiny fraction of the $ 23 million a day the company says it's paying for cleanups and other costs.

Indeed, it is a tiny fraction of the expense of the Kyoto Protocol, for example, which is expected to shave off just a few tenths of a degree of temperature rise over the next hundred years.

Human emissions are a tiny fraction of the annual CO2 flux so it is not a trivial issue.

Water use for Alberta oil extraction is a tiny fraction of what's needed to grow corn and convert it into ethanol that gets a third less mileage per gallon than gasoline.