Individual rights are important, but they actually affect only a small portion of what government does.
Music has been shown to affect portions of the brain.
Once again the illusion seemed to affect only a portion of the population.
But others contend that such technology affects only a small portion of the economy.
The restrictions affected only a small portion of the caseload.
A pandemic is defined as a disease or condition that affects a large portion of a population.
The withdrawal affects only a portion of each company's insect repellent line.
In 2006, an extended blackout affected large portions of Gioia's district.
This affects other portions of the reproductive system.
We continue to ignore diseases, like malaria and tuberculosis, that affect vast portions of the planet.