But the federal government plays only a very small role in American public education.
But often it is only a very small proportion of an enterprise that has been sold off.
At best new nuclear power stations will deliver only a very small emissions reduction at some unspecified point.
Despite what some have claimed, the cost of the Recovery Act is only a very small part of our current budget imbalance.
It added, however, that there was only a very small likelihood that European beef products now in Australian supermarkets and kitchens were contaminated with BSE.
The minimum wage directly affects only a very small percentage of the total full-time work force (1.5 out of 102 million), though lots of part-time workers too.
Of the 150 or so on the Fort Berthold Reservation who were initially members of the class-action lawsuit, they say only a very small fraction are still actively engaged in agriculture.
The genomic revolution is simply providing us with more things to measure, but only a very small fraction of these are medically meaningful and can be turned into new diagnostics.
The customers were notified more than a year in advance and the change affected "only a very small percentage of our small business customers, " said Don Vecchiarello, a Bank of America spokesman.
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Although the petition included only a very small proportion of Anglican churchgoers, the group claimed it showed that opposition to women bishops was not an outdated view of a few diehard traditionalists, our correspondent said.
Only a "very small percentage" of EDS's 140, 000 employees are being cut, he adds.
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Which is why the company, even as it grows, still only captures a very small slice of the ERP market.
Earlier this week she said that only "a very small minority" of hospitals and NHS bodies had serious financial problems.
He added that only "a very small proportion of the overall prison population" could be suitably punished without using custody.
American Airlines, which normally accounts for about half of the airport's flights, ran only a "very small percent" of its scheduled flights.
"However, we can only reach a very small group of people and we're appealing for the government to do more, " said Mr Langford.
The application for Dumfries and Galloway came after recent rain resulted in only a "very small improvement" in stocks at the Black Esk and Penwhirn reservoirs.
The study mentions a 2007 estimate of 863 adults in the Hudson, but says most fish killed at Indian Point would be juveniles, and only "a very small percentage" of them.
But slowly, cardinals who voted for someone who only received a very small number of votes are likely to add their vote to one of the stronger candidates in the next round.
They only appeal to a very small group of high-net-worth individuals.
Realistically, that only happens in a very small percentage of interviews.
We may care passionately about the integrity of the Olympics or professional cycling or so on, but they only directly affect a very small number of us.
"Strictly control and unify standards relating to the death penalty, and ensure that it only applies to a very small minority of criminals committing extremely serious crimes, " read one section of the supreme court's report.
That means Graph Search will only be available to a very small number of people who use Facebook in US English.
Mr Clarke says the secret court hearings would only be used in a very small number of very sensitive cases and told the BBC he was sure he could reassure Mr Clegg.
This is only an early result from a very small study, but coming on the heels of reports just a few months ago, in which adult stem cells restored heart function to patients with advanced heart failure, the promise of stem cells again got just a bit brighter.
It was a big decision, because we were moving from being the only cranberry baking ingredient to perhaps having a very, very small percentage of the snacking market.
The very rich often consume only a small portion of their income.
In reality, however, only a small percentage of patients gained very much.
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