If only a small percentage of money was actively managed, active management would make good sense.
So what if only a penny of your snack purchase goes to worthy causes?
Even if only a fraction of them do, it could still be decisive in low-turn-out primaries.
But what if only a few of those people are willing to engage with your business?
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If only a tiny sliver of this market were to explode, it could bring down the entire world economy.
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If only a Wifi connection is available, then forget any real navigation like you will find in other tablets.
Second, if only a few employers offer direct caregiving supports, how are people supposed to identify and pay for them?
In thinly traded markets, bond prices can suddenly shoot up if only a few investors take fright and start selling.
If the Serbian factions undertake to subjugate Croatia militarily, victory -- if only a pyrrhic one -- will likely go to Belgrade.
There are so many of them that, if only a second baby boom could be encouraged, they could begin to repopulate the country.
And if you've already got one foot in the iTunes river, it's impossible not to appreciate it all... if only a little bit.
If only a few of Kepler's possible Earthlike planets turn out to be real, that third number is likely to be in the millions.
And even if only a handful of the new interactions it throws up are real and useful, it will have been a worthwhile exercise.
If only a few other English towns would follow their path.
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It may mean that it averted disaster even if only a portion of the new bank liquidity is used to expand loans or purchase sovereign debt.
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We started this project to give freedom and independence to the blind -- and if only a few could afford the vehicle, what good would it be?
It is crucial to recognize that the consumers who bought snow pants because of the rebate deal have been harmed, if only a little bit, by the terms of the deal.
"All the England players want to take our games to the next level and we know that if only a few of us raise our games, we will be beaten, " she said.
The brain has to deal with a large amount of new information, and this would be stressful and overwhelming if only a limited part of the brain were used to handle it.
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He points out that a study comparing a weak cholesterol drug to a powerful one would show no difference if only a few patients were studied, even if the powerful drug was in fact superior.
Similarly, trying to get a lawyer to take your case on a contingency when the public customer got a six-figure settlement (even if only a fraction of what was sought), might prove difficult if not impossible.
If only a third of those buyers activate the satellite radio receivers in those cars, that portends 5 - 6 million new subscribers each year for the next several to be split between the two providers.
If only a fraction of the almost 15m first-time voters of 2008 (the vast majority of them Democrats) can be persuaded to turn out again, party organisers say, it could tip lots of races in their favour.
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If only a few firms compete in a given product market, if the market is difficult to enter and if all leading firms adopt selective distribution, then competition between brands will not keep prices down and consumers will suffer.
Seeing a moneymaking opportunity, a Lower East Side experience-based events and marketing firm, the Participation Agency, believes it has found a way to give New Yorkers a dose of private outdoor space, if only for a short while.
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Highlanders have traditionally set a high value on education and acquiring new skills, if only as a passport to a better life elsewhere.
Marketing that expensive technology as a replacement for business travel has helped it to grow quickly if only in a few companies.
Amid signs of renewed international interest, including in Israel, in promoting a peace deal over the Israeli-occupied Golan heights, if only as a means to forestall Syrian sabotage of the Lebanon ceasefire, Syria has sharply toned down its rhetoric.
The opposite of Frankenstein, the myth I wish we saw more of, is the Pinocchio myth, which is about a puppet that wants to become human, an improbable technology that wants to make life better, if only with a sweet, gentle wish upon a star.
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