growing proportion

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandproportion

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growing
adjective
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/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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proportion
noun
uk
/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us
/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandproportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But agrowingproportionof individuals from the lower socio-economic groups also acquired new homes.
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Thegrowingproportionof older people causes many problems 0.73 and only little benefit.
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As agrowingproportionof affiliates reached retirement age, the number of insurance pensions began to increase.
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Thegrowingproportionof older people undermines our 0.63 economic competitiveness.
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Meanwhile, agrowingproportionof progressives are found to occur in main clauses.
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This constituted a failure to recognise that the elderly were, by that time, accounting for a rapidlygrowingproportionof the populace.
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Therefore, we believe that our center has received agrowingproportionof these deaths (50% in 1986, more than 75% in 1990).
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The combined reasons for thegrowingproportionof gold in this flow are complex, and the relative importance of the various elements is difficult to establish.
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By the beginning of the nineteenth century the ratio was approaching parity, which has been taken to suggest that there was agrowingproportionof illegitimate children among the foundlings.
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Particularly given the increasing female participation, respondents felt that there was a need to address career structures for thegrowingproportionof non-principals and part-time principals.
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That is the result of a fall in consumption by certain industrial users, mild weather, and thegrowingproportionof small coal being mined.
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The exporting countries are keeping agrowingproportionof their supplies for their own consumption, and we cannot criticise them for doing that.
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In addition, the educational value of advertisements has led to greater consumption of filter-tipped cigarettes, which take agrowingproportionof the market.
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As the motorway system ages and traffic volumes increase, we must expect agrowingproportionof the network to require strengthening.
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Secondly, there is agrowingproportionof elderly, particularly very elderly, people.
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We know today that agrowingproportionof our labour force will have to be capable of adapting to change.
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