Only one-twentieth of Yugoslav voters live in Montenegro. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2000] Reference
I cannot stay to mention even one-twentieth of the different exhibits. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown)] Reference
Graflex 4×5, Cooke lens working at one-twentieth of a second, F 11, on. From Wordnik.com. [Pictorial Photography in America 1921] Reference
A plot one rod wide and eight rods long will contain one-twentieth acre. From Wordnik.com. [The First Book of Farming] Reference
While the House of Lords does but one-twentieth part of the business of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
Here is a vast region only one-twentieth of which is covered with vegetation. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
I live in a town with a population of 400: one-twentieth the size of Wasilla. From Wordnik.com. [Palin: The "Best Of America," The "Real America," Is In Small Towns] Reference
It is estimated to have been equal to about one-twentieth of an English penny. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Tony Shaffer said that's one-twentieth of the evidence that they had available. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2005] Reference
The corals, for instance, are about one-twentieth the size of terrestrial corals. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
If the plots are one-twentieth acre in size, plant foods may be applied as follows. From Wordnik.com. [The First Book of Farming] Reference
David had scattered those Edomites with an army not one-twentieth part the size of that. From Wordnik.com. [Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters] Reference
Scotland had only about one-twentieth the population of France, and it was so far north. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
And in 1391 why did the dean and chapter give one-twentieth of all their rents to the works?. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
The story itself might be worth maybe one-twentieth of the money you lost in your naive ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [Con Men Lose Their Cool in the E-Mail Era] Reference
It was akin to taking one-twentieth of the prescribed medication for a terminal, yet curable virus. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Morgenstein: Eight Weeks of America's War, Not Eight Years of "Obama's War"] Reference
The volume of gas used is measured by an accurate test meter reading to one-twentieth of a cubic foot. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171] Reference
Moloch of American politics, while only one-twentieth had the courage to claim their souls as their own. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
The iron is then withdrawn and the thread pulled away from the point for one-twentieth of an inch or less. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
That is not one-twentieth of the information which was available out there on Able Danger and the project. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2005] Reference
It is sufficient to fuse at most about one-twentieth of an inch along the needle before firing off the bow. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
To try to slice between them, he told me it was less than one-twentieth of a thickness of a piece of paper. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2001] Reference
South Africa is only one-third the size of India and has less than one-twentieth of the population of India. From Wordnik.com. [INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA] Reference
They have been ardent in proselytizing, yet they embrace only one-tenth and one-twentieth of the human race. From Wordnik.com. [The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi] Reference
In point of fact, the bailouts were really -- the TARP was probably one-twentieth of the total outlay of the bailout. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2009] Reference
Consider this: less than one-twentieth of a quart of ricin (or anthrax) can render one million gallons of water toxic. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Schweitzer: Managing Risks in Public Policy: Impact vs. Probability?] Reference
These biennial appropriations ended in 1893 with the increase of the mill-tax from one-twentieth to one-sixth of a mill. From Wordnik.com. [The University of Michigan] Reference
The exposure required is ascertained by a trial or two, but roughly speaking is about one-twentieth that of a rapid plate. From Wordnik.com. [Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements] Reference
If the average American knew one-twentieth about world affairs as he, or she, does about sports, we wouldn't need an army. From Wordnik.com. [Mort Rosenblum: As Jefferson Said, Ignorant Nations Aren't Free] Reference
To each 100 parts of the compound one-twentieth to one-tenth part of ozokerite and the same quantity of spermaceti are added. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
The live stock from the State of Illinois won one-twentieth of the entire premiums offered by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. From Wordnik.com. [Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission] Reference
The waste contained nearly one-fifth of the total protein and fat, and only one-twentieth of the total carbohydrates of the food. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
Give hypodermic injection of sulphate of strychnine, one-twentieth of a grain every two or three hours, till patient is roused and weakness is past. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
The diameter of the holes made by each species corresponds closely to that of the body, and varies from about one-twentieth to one-sixteenth of an inch for the tropical species. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
The total length of these fibres is from one-twentieth to one-fifth inch, being the smallest near the pith, and is fifty to one hundred times as great as their width (see Fig. 3). From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
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