a part of something bigger Englisch:

a fraction of the second

I got these shoes at a fraction of the original price.

What fraction of the whole apple is its half?

The weight of the world is a dangerous thing to try to bear. Take only a small fraction, and the rest of it will soon follow - crushing you.

When you divide numbers you get a fraction.

Where are the other apples? This is only a fraction of what we had yesterday.

Can you explain these fractions to me?

Captain Jim is never late by the fraction of a second," said Leslie.

The demonstration was peaceful until a small fraction of the crowd began throwing stones at the police.

This is a fraction of what we have to pay for anti-terrorism security measures!

3/4 is a fraction

Workers in developing countries produce many goods at a fraction of what it would cost in the USA or Europe.

Is 2/3 an improper fraction?

A proper fraction has the top number smaller than the bottom one.

Everybody always knows when the politicians do something wrong and how they should do it better, but only a tiny fraction of the population is ready to commit themselves to politics.

Where's the women's section?

Our section chief always makes a face at me when I ask him for something.

The manufacturer must draw up the technical documentation described in section 3.

We'll have to organize the drinking party all over again as the section chief can't make it now.

I had a Caesarian section six months ago.

You could see the elation in the president's face when he announced that our shares are going to be listed on the First Section of the TSE next year.

In the first section of this review I raise the question of how brain processes cause our conscious experiences.

The scene was a tiny mountain village in a remote section of West Virginia.

He makes it a rule to go over the financial section every time he reads the paper.

The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs.

According to informed sources, ____ Ltd. is preparing for the move up to the first section of the Tokyo Stock exchange.

In this section of the presentation, you can mention global warming.

There's no hope at this moment that the closed section will be reopened.

As the date didn't work for the section chief, it was necessary to completely reorganize the drinking party.

During the day should drink two liters of beverage including liter of mineral water, which contains more than 1000 minerals per liter and at least one component of a nutritionally or physiologically affecting the body.

Beef is the main component of a hamburger.

Evidence that the above example is farfetched can be seen by comparing the total occurrences of component X.

Load-bearing bridging components must be mounted at window openings and similar points.

What are components of a good diet?

Then components such as the keypad are checked.

The components of healthy diet are exercising, fasting and balancing nutrients in the meal.

When an airplane is climbing, though, the force of weight consists of two components.

component price

There may be 10 locations for a particular component indicated on a board,

He bought components for the television set he was repairing.

The remuneration component cannot be greater than 20 per cent of the basic remuneration.

The company introduces two new components.

Their home theater system has a numer of separate components

Vaporise the solvent from the liquid. What's left is the perfume component and a lump of vegetable wax.