The population had yet to reach the thousand mark, and of those, a small though significant proportion were government officials.

Only a small proportion of our patients could and would participate in the study.

Women hold a very small proportion of other public offices.

Both have spent a relatively small proportion of the money during the race so far.

Each firm has a very small proportion of the market share.

Only a small proportion of the facility was ever used.

You know, it's only a small proportion of what it costs!

However, we believe that the number is a small proportion of the total.

Its just that the state only funds the special individual needs of a very small proportion.

Only a small proportion of movie language is actually spoken.