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Sentence count:248+17Posted:2016-07-19Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: amountbalanceinterestmeasurepartpercentageportionratioshareSimilar words: in proportion toportionabortiontransportationproposeproposedsupportivereportingMeaning: [prə'pɔrʃn /-'pɔː-]  n. 1. the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole 2. magnitude or extent 3. balance among the parts of something 4. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design). v. 1. give pleasant proportions to 2. adjust in size relative to other things. 
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181. Let us suppose that the proportion of any additional income absorbed as leakages is 0.6.
182. It is envisaged that a large proportion of the work of the external assessors will be judgmental in nature.
183. An overwhelming proportion of private rented accommodation is to be found in the major cities, notably London and Liverpool.
184. The resulting slump left a considerable proportion of productive capacity idle.
185. Those with earnings just above the tax threshold bore the heaviest burden of the flat rate tax as a proportion of income.
186. The change was due to the greater proportion of patients with colonic disease, which in this study had a worse prognosis.
187. We will continue to extend City Challenge and allocate a greater proportion of resources by competitive bidding.
188. In the former case, by employing civilian clerical staff a greater proportion of funds can be allocated for direct policing policies.
189. The corollary of that is that a higher proportion of their income is spent on tobacco products.
190. Furthermore diarrhoea or weight loss were absent in a considerable proportion of infected patients.
191. The proportion receiving aspirin within the first 24 h may be substantially lower.
192. To meet its contractual obligations the proportion of the with-profits fund invested in equities will drop.
193. But in the following two years this proportion rose to an average of more than 10 percent.
194. The proportion of fatal and serious casualties to pedestrians fell, from 24 percent to 22 percent.
195. Rural areas supplied not only agricultural products but also a considerable proportion of manufacturing output.
196. Between 1985 and 1994 the proportion of university students who also had completed apprenticeships grew from 21 percent to 30 percent.
197. There were the violent outbursts, way out of proportion to any wrong done, and constant verbal abuse.
198. A detailed study of the Marketing Mix comprises a substantial proportion of the total content of this manual.
199. In that year the proportion of convicted adult males given a custodial sentence had reached a low of 15 percent.
200. Because these would offend canons of justice which find acceptance among a large proportion of the population.
201. They merely pave the way for an increasing proportion of those emissions to come from the burning of imported coal.
202. When the authors looked at the proportion of the community experiencing vulnerability factors, important social class differences emerged.
203. There will also be an increase in the proportion of total energy demand accounted for by coal.
204. The high proportion of adults with cystic fibrosis in non-manual occupations may reflect selection or response bias.
205. Mate fidelity between breeding seasons is relatively low(sentencedict.com), so a high proportion of the population re-pair each year.
206. The financial constraints on wives are also not so serious, as an increasing proportion of married women are in full-time work.
207. Belfast city council reduced rents in Smithfield market by a similar proportion.
208. Likewise, the scare associated with the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island was blown out of proportion.
209. The number of symptoms was computed for each subject and the groups were compared for the proportion having 1 and 2 symptoms.
210. Apart from farmers, even the old petty bourgeoisie have grown or remained stable as a proportion of the labour force.
More similar words: in proportion toportionabortiontransportationproposeproposedsupportivereportingcorporationpromotionparticipationproductionprojectionprotectionprosecutiondrop offdrop outenvironmental protectionmetropolitanportproperlypropertyimportexportreportsupportportrayairportreport onsupporter
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