1.   We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill only a fraction of the number destroyed by spiders.

2.   All that for corporate bonds that last a quarter of a lifetime and pay a only fraction more in interest than shorter term bonds.

3.   Even at Protestant churches that offer the ritual, only a fraction of worshipers have been willing to partake.

4.   Only a fraction of the attendees are eBay PowerSellers, an elite status for certain high-volume sellers that entitles them to special services.

5.   He said only a fraction of the work had been undertaken to properly survey and record one of the most important dinosaur sites in the world.

6.   The Russian military has been falling apart in recent years because the cash-strapped government can provide only a fraction of the funding budgeted for the armed forces.

7.   Only a fraction of the food, bandages, blankets and other humanitarian aid allocated for Chechnya actually reached the breakaway republic.