tiny percentage
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftinyandpercentage
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tiny
adjective
uk/ˈtaɪ.ni/us/ˈtaɪ.ni/
extremely ...
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percentage
noun
uk/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
an amount of something, often expressed as a number out ...
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(Definition oftinyandpercentagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Only atinypercentageof offenders are apprehended, let alone brought to court.
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Some of it may be good, but only atinypercentage; the overwhelming bulk is rubbish.
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I think that he will find that it is atinypercentageof the overall majority.
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Atinypercentageare, but most rely on extra contributions to keep up with the cost of living.
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Atinypercentageof the total time of the employment medical advisory service is spent in carrying out this sort of examination.
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As in earlier research based on this measurement strategy, only atinypercentageelected to do so.
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But only atinypercentageof districts contemplated their total abolition, and there was even some demand for the restoration of suppressed houses.
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Only a verytinypercentageof them were able to pass the highest state exams, and the majority who failed could not live on the incomes they earned as tutors.
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Atinypercentageof those who declare on those questions say, that it would make any difference.
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Would it not be better if student unions thought again and tried to put right mistakes committed by atinypercentageof their own membership?
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The number of farmers who are late now represent only atinypercentage.
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In atinypercentageof cases the court might question whether the paperwork is right and the procedures have been correctly complied with.
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Embryo research relevant to atinypercentageof couples who are known to be at risk is important, and therefore must be considered.
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I am not suggesting that thetinypercentageof my own electorate is anything at all to go on.
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Even a token andtinypercentagewould have an effect in the country, albeit for only six months or a year.
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Even of thattinypercentagewho were convicted, one in four was given either an absolute or conditional discharge.
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So only atinypercentageof the houses actually built are in that category.
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I imagine—sadly—that that is only atinypercentageof those still at large.
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Others are solicitors and accountants; only atinypercentagehave medical expertise, or expertise in the national health service.
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Those who come and go of their own will are a comparativelytinypercentageof that population.
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