"For large animals like beef, a very large fraction of the nitrogen that enters the cow's mouth is excreted out the back end."

VOA: special.2011.04.05

"The purpose of the awards was to give those high school students who demonstrate superior talent and achievement in things of the spirit and of the mind at least a fraction of the honors and rewards accorded to their athletic classmates for demonstrating their bodily skills."

VOA: special.2011.05.27

More than 20,000 pepper vines have been planted since 2003 - still a fraction of the amount produced under the French.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

Experts say the $150 million plant is expensive compared to other technologies, and produces only a fraction of the state's energy needs.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"The pill 50 years ago was a very high dose pill, "It is a fraction of that now.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

But Cuba is not capable of producing more than a fraction of that amount in its own fields.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

That is a fraction of the total visits to doctors and admits from Thais themselves,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

In a statement, the commission said it was aware the awards were only a small fraction of what each side had demanded of the other.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

But Mr.Obama's critics point out that the $100 million in cost cutting is miniscule - just a tiny fraction of one percent of the federal budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

The Under-20 World Cup draws only a fraction of the fans that the full World Cup will bring to South Africa, when hordes of supporters from 32 nations will descend on the southern end of the continent.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

I think its a major blow to the nations medical fraternity. It takes six years to produce a doctor, and within a fraction of a second, all that has disappeared. A week ago,Dr.Laroche was in Somalia and met with the minister of health.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

By living at home,they will spend That's half the typical cost at a four-year state school, and a fraction of a private university's Adding room and food charges and fees at renowned universities can boost the bill as high as $50,000 a year!

VOA: standard.2009.12.14