Example sentences of "just a fraction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Coopers and Touche are neck and neck in the market place with the Canadian firm , Deloitte Samson , just a fraction behind . |
| 2 | Brazil will fill Wembley next March and if they show just a fraction more ambition near goal it will be a night to remember . |
| 3 | Despite rising ten-fold over the past decade , the tax on company cars is still just a fraction of the true value of the perk ( see page 27 ) . |
| 4 | He pointed out to us , quite rightly , that the celebrated ‘ Destruction of the Country House ’ exhibition had illustrated just a fraction of Welsh losses and no extensive record of demolished country houses in the principality had ever been published . |
| 5 | Among the bank of local runners was Alresford man Mark Thwaites who completed the course in just a fraction over three hours . |
| 6 | If in Orpheus everyone sound just a fraction less involved in the proceedings , this is partly because the music itself elicits a certain degree of emotional detachment . |
| 7 | I won my semi comfortably in 10.19 seconds , just a fraction slower than Bringmann and Marie-Rose . |
| 8 | The individual duration of one man 's life spans just a fraction of a cosmic second in these dense , material vibrations . |
| 9 | Stretch forwards gently for 20 counts , moving the body just a fraction with each count . |
| 10 | Stretch forwards gently for 15 counts , moving the body just a fraction with each count . |
| 11 | Ellen paused for just a fraction of a second before she answered , ‘ Yes ; yes , I suppose it would . ’ |
| 12 | He hesitated just a fraction of a second before saying , ‘ Well … well , yes . |
| 13 | Just a fraction of the fascinating collection sold by Christie 's . |
| 14 | But they could n't stop it flopping to 3.79 German marks — just a fraction above the lowest permitted level . |
| 15 | Today , many of the broads are just a fraction of their former size . |
| 16 | Some of these figures resulted from litigants pressing the church into action , but as a record of defiance , and presumably as just a fraction of total excommunications in those years , they are unquestionably revealing . |
| 17 | Not perhaps what you want to hear , particularly when you know that so many obstacles could be removed if loved ones or colleagues would be more honest and alter their stand just a fraction . |
| 18 | Screwing up her courage , Polly altered course very slightly , turning the winch handle to let the mainsail out just a fraction . |
| 19 | Jessamy finally began to relax just a fraction . |
| 20 | If I can get just a fraction of this spooky atmosphere into my drawings , then they 'll be perfect . ’ |
| 21 | And if she leaned sideways just a fraction her shoulder would touch his . |
| 22 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In 1992 , only 15 days per 1,000 employees were lost through strikes , less than half of that in 1991 , which itself was a very good year , and just a fraction of what it was in the late 1980s . |
| 24 | He held my gaze for just a fraction longer than you 'd expect , and I was certain then that underneath his professional front he was interested in me . |
| 25 | It just appears to be just a fraction out of focus maybe , I do n't know . |
| 26 | The chip is just a fraction too high . |
| 27 | The difference between two dead men and two slightly bent aeroplanes was just a fraction of a second . |
| 28 | However , he had returned all but three of the tourists ' passports to the safe-keeping of the Manager at The Randolph — the latter just a fraction irked that it now appeared to be his own responsibility to return these passports to whatever location the departed tourists happened to find themselves in . |
| 29 | Whereas some areas have a per capita income level well above the EC average , there simultaneously exist areas which have just a fraction of that average . |
| 30 | Just imagine if Deano started scoring a couple of goals and the defence tightened up just a fraction more . |