Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] a [adj] proportion of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lower average body weight and a greater proportion of fatty tissue mean that the effect of alcohol on women is more pronounced than for men . |
| 2 | The specialised histological type is associated with a higher rate of cell turnover as shown by thymidine labelling and a higher proportion of cells in cycle ( by proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunolocalisation ) than junctional and fundic types . |
| 3 | But country of birth does not equate with ethnic origin and a significant proportion of all minority groups ( 43 per cent ) are now born in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | In times gone by Dutch cattle were dual-purpose types , as meat was required from the dairy herd as well as milk , but since the early 1970s there has been an increasing use of American Holstein-Friesians in the Netherlands to increase the milk yields of the Dutch Friesian ( which has lower yields than the Holstein type but a higher proportion of solids in the milk ) . |
| 5 | Secular attitudes go with a low proportion of population engaged in family farming and agriculture and a high proportion of women working ( Lesthaeghe 1983 ) . |
| 6 | While life expectancy has extended , it appears to have been at the price of a longer period and a greater proportion of life being spent in chronic sickness . |
| 7 | The pattern was also different , with a higher proportion of SCFAs as butyric acid and a lower proportion of propionic acid in both the caecal and colonic content samples ( Table II ) . |
| 8 | The majority but a declining proportion of people eventually marry . |
| 9 | This 7 per cent might well represent the whole or a substantial proportion of the expected profit on the transaction . |
| 10 | Banks normally do not hold bonds with more than five years to maturity and a large proportion of their bonds have less than one year to maturity . |
| 11 | Apparently this particular branch is receiving more than 11,000 pieces of post every week and a high proportion of it is non-essential correspondence ‘ such as simple acknowledgments of previous transaction ’ . |
| 12 | 7.5.2 When the circumstances contemplated in clause 7.5.1 arise the rents or a fair proportion of the rents according to the nature and the extent of the damage sustained shall cease to be payable until the date which falls 3 months after the date when the Premises with essential accesses and services are again rendered fit for occupation and use and a due proportion of the rents paid in advance shall be refunded to the Tenant any dispute as to such proportion or the period during which the rents shall cease to be payable to be determined in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1950 to 1979 by an arbitrator to be appointed by agreement between the parties or in default by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors upon the application of either party |
| 13 | This is in itself unremarkable and can be explained if , of the two types , the carbon-free granulites have a higher porosity , a weaker matrix or a greater proportion of long thin cracks that tend to close on application of small confining pressures . |
| 14 | At any rate , try not to be in the lee of other aircraft — many owners do n't give heavy weather a second thought and a considerable proportion of aircraft were damaged last winter because other planes which were badly tied down cartwheeled into them . |
| 15 | Compared with their less-successful rivals , the best-performing firms had fewer managers , shorter lines of communication and a higher proportion of skilled workers ; they also spent six times more per employee on education and training . |
| 16 | A large proportion of public expenditure and a smaller proportion of public revenue arises from the making by the government of contracts for the purchase and sale of goods and services . |
| 17 | In Britain , however , worker attempts in the 1950s and 1960s to improve upon the minimum substantive terms of employment in more favourable labour market conditions , together with the lack of legally-binding disputes procedures , stimulated the expansion of ( fragmented ) workplace bargaining over pay and a high proportion of shopfloor strikes . |
| 18 | Although many port wine stains in adults can be effectively treated with a pulsed dye laser , this may not be the most effective treatment and a considerable proportion of lesions do not respond . |
| 19 | The Swedes , for example , produce excellent spreads containing both butter and a high proportion of polyunsaturated fat . |