Example sentences of "[Wh adv] a [adj] proportion of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carbonised soils are also alkali soluble and are further forms of heat modified fats or oils which have undergone radical changes whereby a large proportion of volatiles have been burnt off and a high proportion of free carbon remains in the residues . |
| 2 | These and similar decisions not only affect how a substantial proportion of the population spend their working lives , but also influence the level and distribution of skills within the workforce , which in turn is a determinant of national economic success . |
| 3 | Studies on the effect of gun control in the United States have shown that states with stricter laws have lower suicide rates than states where a higher proportion of people own guns . |
| 4 | The subtlety that when Irish people express their antipathy to the British , the real target of their hatred is the English , and that Ayr , the rival plant , is actually in Scotland , where a substantial proportion of the population feels just as strongly about the English as do surrogate Irish nationalists , was quite lost on the protesters across the water . |
| 5 | This lack of interest goes right through the educational system , In Ealing for example ( an area where a high proportion of the population is Asian ) not one school had facilities for teaching Asian languages . |
| 6 | They concluded that , in schools where a high proportion of teachers spent over half their week teaching one specific subject , and in schools where a high proportion of the teaching was undertaken by teachers who had studied the relevant subject as a major element in their initial training — in other words , where there was a strong degree of subject match standards of work were better ( to a statistically significant degree ) . |
| 7 | They concluded that , in schools where a high proportion of teachers spent over half their week teaching one specific subject , and in schools where a high proportion of the teaching was undertaken by teachers who had studied the relevant subject as a major element in their initial training — in other words , where there was a strong degree of subject match standards of work were better ( to a statistically significant degree ) . |
| 8 | In a European context there are many countries where a high proportion of the school population stay in school or technical education until after the age of 18 . |
| 9 | But this is in a school where a high proportion of the children know people and have relatives who have been ( or currently are ) in prison . |
| 10 | Stoneywood Mill , by the River Don , is an important paper-making mill in Scotland , where a large proportion of Britain 's paper is made . |
| 11 | With agency workers the only clear relationship is for the service sector , and again the suggestion is that in establishments where a large proportion of the labour force is unskilled this form of labour is less likely to be found . |
| 12 | She pointed out that while the infant mortality rate was high in Burnley , where a large proportion of women worked , housing conditions were also very poor . |
| 13 | I mean , you can make losses in the short run , it 's rational to do so , alright , where , where a large proportion of your costs are , are fixed costs essentially . |
| 14 | However a sizeable proportion of the very elderly population , perhaps as much as 20 per cent of people over 80 ( Norman , 1987a ) , do experience mental impairment of increasing severity , affecting memory , reason , self-awareness , and behaviour . |
| 15 | These requirements are bound to conflict on your limited acres , particularly in spring and early summer when a large proportion of your land is laid up for hay or in arable crops . |
| 16 | This could in turn explain why a higher proportion of experimental eggs were rejected at Santa Fe than at Guadix , because hosts are known to be more likely to reject alien eggs when they are alerted by encounters with the adult parasite in the vicinity of their nest . |
| 17 | That 's why a high proportion of the entries come from English clubmen and why many Irish drivers with Metros , 4x4 Ford Cosworths and Mantas have stayed away . |
| 18 | On their own , however , these supply-side characteristics do not explain fully why a significant proportion of older workers were early-retired . |