11.   Sometimes, rainstorms that dump a mere fraction of an inch set off an overflow.

12.   Texas spends a mere fraction per inmate that Florida does on representation for condemned killers.

13.   The force of those conventional sprays is a mere fraction of the power possible with a pump.

14.   The known seizures could be a mere fraction of the dangerous traffic.

15.   The number of homes now using various ADSL technologies is a mere fraction of that.

16.   The regulatory agency receives a mere fraction of the amount given to the National Institutes of Health.

17.   Women see it as a mere fraction.

18.   In the past, drug kingpins have served mere fractions of their original sentences, angering U.S. officials who say the Colombian justice system is too lenient.