1.   A mere fraction of North sea revenues is to be spent on enforcing the safety regime.

2.   A mere fraction of the population shared in the cultural revolution.

3.   What I had done so far amounted to a mere fraction of nothing at all.

4.   At best, they were left with mere fractions of what they were owed.

5.   Average consumers access the Internet at speeds a mere fraction of those available to people in modern offices.

6.   A mere fraction of what we spend on the former could prevent most of the latter.

7.   But traders say such deals offer only limited relief to a mere fraction of the farmers in trouble.

8.   Consumers gain access to the Internet at speeds a mere fraction of those available to people in modern offices.

9.   I justified my purchase by reminding myself that I bought this truckload of botanicals for a mere fraction of what it would have cost me in the city.

10.   Imagine the panic of old folks when they realized they would have to live on a mere fraction of what they had anticipated.