Examples of 'only a minority' in a sentence

Meaning of "only a minority"

only a minority ~ suggests that a small percentage or fraction of a group or population possesses a specific characteristic, opinion, or trait. It indicates that the majority does not share the same attribute

How to use "only a minority" in a sentence

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only a minority
Only a minority of households has piped water.
Chromosomal abnormalities are only a minority of cases of anophthalmia.
Only a minority of countries reject this necessity.
Of these men only a minority directly kills.
Only a minority of citizens still lived in town.
Traditional remedies help only a minority of sufferers.
Only a minority of contemporary pilgrimages are on foot.
This trend was reversed in only a minority of regions.
There is only a minority which rules by violence.
It may be that in such cases only a minority.
Only a minority of people enjoy their work.
Resettlement prisons are accessed by only a minority of prisoners.
Only a minority of diagnosable psychopaths are violent offenders.
This affects only a minority of islanders.
Only a minority of the patients become symptomatic.

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Today it is only a minority who notice.
Only a minority of chronic alcoholics develop a seizure.
Football fans are only a minority of the population.
Only a minority live with their father.
It is as if nutrition is appealing to only a minority of consumers.
Only a minority of people become severely disabled.
That affects probably only a minority.
Kolomoysky is only a minority shareholder in the enterprise.
The government represents only a minority.
Only a minority of nations protect these freedoms.
Emergency assistance reaches only a minority of the newly displaced.
Only a minority ignore this sector completely.
It was accepted by only a minority of scholars.
Only a minority of these changes are actually cancerous.
Direct fetal analgesia is used in only a minority of prenatal surgeries.
Only a minority voted against the issue.
It affected only a minority of workers.
Only a minority of pilots are capable of it as of now.
Teachers are career civil servants in only a minority of european countries.
Only a minority of persons change their religious identity.
Many of the changes will affect only a minority of families.
Only a minority reported barriers to pursuing these goals.
The regional UETPs acknowledged that only a minority of partners were active.
Only a minority of stakeholders were sceptical about or opposed to a communication.
We all have potential however only a minority realise this potential.
But only a minority are totally against the project.
Cold water pitting of copper tube occurs in only a minority of installations.
Only a minority face volumerelated charges.
There is a clear cause for epilepsy in only a minority of the cases.
Only a minority of patients was treated surgically.
Lithuanians were only a minority.
Initially only a minority was willing to support the line.
Accreditation is voluntary and currently covers only a minority of professional conservators.
Only a minority of staff involve patients in decision making.
That means a single biopsy would reveal only a minority of mutations.

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