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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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211. Intermediate indicator - to reduce the proportion of low income tenants living in substandard accommodation.
212. Many Christians accept the fact that a proportion of people are homosexual through no fault or voluntary choice of their own.
213. At certain times, banks may decide that it is prudent to hold a bigger proportion of liquid assets.
214. The most relevant feature is the high proportion of multinational corporations in Britain.
215. These findings also reflect the higher proportion of elderly patients with colonic disease.
216. This was coupled with an increased faecal bile acid concentration and proportion of secondary faecal bile acids.
217. A richer alternative is a small proportion of ground almonds.
218. She needed a sit down, a cup of strong coffee, and a chance to get the whole thing in proportion.
219. A large proportion of the new money has been spent to improve access for scientists.
220. Even so, as Table 4.1 shows, wholesale funding remains a comparatively small proportion of total liabilities.
221. The proportion of premature births was almost three times as high if the interval was less than a year.
222. The substantial proportion of Cabernet makes for a slightly more elegant wine, with a delicious combination of spice and blackcurrant fruit.
223. Thus a considerable proportion both of paintings and drawings has recently been widely seen.
224. Seats are divided between the parties according to the proportion of the vote they win in the constituency.
225. The proportion of out-of-wedlock births has increased so much mainly because the number of births to married couples has sharply declined.
226. The whole thing, of course, is being blown up out of all proportion by the Western media.
227. By the early nineties a significant proportion of young radicals had adopted Marxist ideas.
228. Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That's its balance. Osho 
229. A large proportion of meat and poultry food products move in interstate commerce.
230. The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. Vince Lombardi 
231. The texture is mainly determined by the proportion of coarse grains-the clastics-as well as their size and shape.
232. Our own recent studies have shown an increased proportion of secondary biliary bile acids in patients with colorectal cancer.
233. Only a proportion of them are successful and the rest must struggle as best they can to obtain mates.
234. Severing the umbilical cord between landlords and peasants vastly increased the proportion of the population for which the centre was directly responsible.
235. Such survivors, after all, form by far the greatest proportion of patients with coronary disease.
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236. This group has a high doctor-patient contact rate but also includes a proportion of patients with unstable or brittle asthma.
237. Otley found that a rising proportion of senior army officers had elite educational backgrounds.
238. The proportion of this energy conversion accounted for by agriculture however, is small, but even this is not exploited.
239. Local authorities are also constrained in the proportion of capital receipts they may use to support capital expenditure.
240. Disputes between natural and adoptive parents are not unusual and a fair proportion of arrangements break down.
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