Mexico has an economy one-twelfth the size of Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing On Santiago Summit] Reference

Monthly payments will be one-twelfth of that amount.    From Wordnik.com.  [Relief for School Loans] Reference

Prof. BIX: Oh, Japan produced one-twelfth the steel of the United.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan] Reference

At USD757, GDP per capita is one-twelfth of that enjoyed by the ROK.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Inter-Korean Relationship in the Post September 11 Environment: An Asia-Pacific Regional Perspective - Speech from from the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs] Reference

Putting only one-twelfth of the US economy under government control?.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Liberaltarianism.’ | RedState] Reference

If a man is reduced to one-twelfth of his height what should his weight be?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference

"I guess I'm one-twelfth not as good," Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco jokes.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - League hopes getting more scoring is right on target] Reference

In fine, the Ramazan, for many classes, is one-twelfth of the year wantonly thrown away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference

Their absurdly exaggerated figure is still only one-twelfth of the gross domestic product.    From Wordnik.com.  [Government blues] Reference

As a colouring matter, kermes is only about one-twelfth part as powerful as that substance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference

The divergence is usually one-twelfth of an inch, throughout its entire length of ten inches.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference

Would loaves of bread the "bigness of musket balls" be one-twelfth the size of ordinary loaves?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference

They are gray with black margins, about one-twenty-fifth to one-twelfth inch long, and wingless.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference

In Lilliput all the dimensions are scientifically computed on a scale one-twelfth as large as that of man; in.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of English Literature] Reference

Of course I'm sending to Paris for my own microscope -- it's a Zeiss, with a one-twelfth oil immersion -- and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swirling Waters] Reference

The boy who sold the whole lot together received only two cents per apple, losing one-twelfth of a cent on each.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference

In this way a good deal of the ash pit refuse is got rid of; it is often one-twelfth part of the whole quantity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference

That's about one-twelfth the number of Syrians regularly using the Internet, according to the Open Net Initiative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Syria and Facebook: Not quite friends] Reference

The specific gravity of the solid form is 1.735 at +10° C.; it contracts one-twelfth of its volume in solidifying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference

An arpent is about one-seventh less than an acre; and a minot about one-eighth (some say one-twelfth) more than a bushel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Of this it has been estimated eleven-twelfths are drawn from the working classes, and one-twelfth from the richer classes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

The entire mixture is then again heated to 252 degrees Fahrenheit and one-fifteenth to one-twelfth part of sulphur is added.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference

If the land was sold two or three times in a year, as might well happen, each time the seigneur got his share of one-twelfth.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference

In vain the agent pointed out to them that the one-twelfth was a ratio in which their gain would always be proportionate to his.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference

She writes about a country slightly larger than the US in geographic size with around one-tenth the population and one-twelfth the GDP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reviewing Linda McQuaig's Holding the Bully's Coat] Reference

Each portion was called Dodecatemorion one-twelfth portion, 1/12 and served to contain the largest part of its corresponding constellation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Astrologers angered by stars] Reference

Less than one-twelfth of the area of the state is unproductive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference

WAPA will get a one-twelfth ownership as part of the loan agreement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

This expansion varies between one-fiftieth and one-twelfth of an inch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

At the sale of every property, the lord of the manor receives one-twelfth of the proceeds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary in America, Series Two] Reference

Hamilton, 4-1/2d.; total, 36 cents postage, for what in 1882 costs only one-twelfth of that amount.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada] Reference