great proportion

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandproportion

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great
adjective
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/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, 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 ofgreatandproportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This led to the increased importance of wage labour for agreatproportionof the male textile workers.
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The primary-forest reaches were dominated by coarse substrates, such as cobbles and boulders, while agreatproportionof the streambeds in the secondary-forest reaches were covered with sand.
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It should be pointed out that agreatproportionof this money is from countries involved in conflict.
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Clearly, the age group below 25 is taking agreatproportionof the burden.
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I did not say that agreatproportionhad been improperly disposed of.
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Of those which leave harbour agreatproportionare either captured or scuttled to avoid capture.
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They are operating in an area where agreatproportionof the population live in blocks of flats or houses that have been divided up.
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Agreatproportionof the people do not get the food which is necessary to keep them in bodily health.
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First, thegreatproportionof the collieries showed a profit of £48 million, but a number of collieries worked at a loss.
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Is it not the case that agreatproportionof these unemployed persons are unskilled?
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In the contracting industry, it is common for agreatproportionof work to be done by sub-contractors.
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It is not intended to rationalise agreatproportionof markets out of existence.
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Agreatproportionof that money might be better spent by people in the area.
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If you strike at it, you wound agreatproportionof the best people of this country very severely.
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Agreatproportionof our national wealth is allocated to defence expenditure.
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Agreatproportionof that happens to be tomatoes.
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Agreatproportionof the production of the agricultural labourer is food.
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If we did that, we should wipe out agreatproportionof the burden of our debt.
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I accept that our public service broadcasts take thegreatproportionof viewing time at the moment.
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Agreatproportionof this sum is going to the factories.
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