greatest percentage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandpercentage
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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percentage
noun
uk/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
an amount of something, often expressed as a number out ...
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(Definition ofgreatandpercentagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Even for nouns and adjectives, the grammatical classes with thegreatestpercentageof citation forms, signers chose cf variants 32% of the time.
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In the following phonological category, thegreatestpercentageof raised tokens is with voiceless obstruents, at 21%.
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Mule spinning is on the way out and thegreatestpercentageof loss in the spinning section is in the mule spinning section.
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Of all countries, we have thegreatestpercentageof oil tanker accidents off our shores.
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This is the age group which contains thegreatestpercentageof delinquents and persons who rebel against any kind of authority.
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It is startling to find that thegreatestpercentageof defects in tested cars concerns brakes.
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This has been particularly felt by women, who comprise thegreatestpercentageof workers engaged in what is known as precarious employment.
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Is it the same as that of the water companies, a year after their flotation, which is to increase their dividend by thegreatestpercentage?
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It pointed out that thegreatestpercentageincreases in darkness accidents are in the fatal category.
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We believe that in the case of by far thegreatestpercentagethe deaths were completely unnecessary and would not have happened but for these breaches of international law.
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Furthermore, thegreatestpercentageof people missing from the electoral register is among attainers—the people who are about to be placed on the register for the first time.
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It may be a question of a struggle as to which of four or five countries will have thegreatestpercentageof steel furnaces out of use.
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Thegreatestpercentageof the pollution load is due to diffuse dumping from agricultural and fishing activities and runoffs of urban areas.
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Thegreatestpercentageof housing values of owner-occupied homes (34.8%) is $300,000 to $499,999 with a median owner-occupied housing value of $259,100.
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As a result thegreatestpercentageof wines are produced in a way that allows them to last, sometimes as long as decades.
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