increased proportion

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandproportion

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or 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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Theincreasedproportionof female worms suggests that part of the developed immunity affected worm survival in the lungs.
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Unwanted births were also highly correlated with anincreasedproportionof children living with one adult only, or with the adults 65 years and over.
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Coupled with theincreasedproportionof time that was spent on the untreated areas, this suggests a possible avoidance response to the pesticide residues.
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Theincreasedproportionof the population who are elderly, the success of the surgery and the quality of the visual result have accounted for this.
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This may have led to anincreasedproportionof ' same' responses if listeners were influenced by a recency effect when making the same/ different judgment.
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Theincreasedproportionof successfully benefited patients in the housebound cohort indicates both their greater need and the effectiveness of this model of primary health care linkage.
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Similarly, it is not possible simply to suggest that the slightlyincreasedproportionof older men within the labour market was caused by structural alterations within the economy.
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This would spoil the opportunity we have to supply anincreasedproportionof the home bacon market under the new understanding.
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An especially worrying feature is theincreasedproportionof youngsters—especially ethnic minorities—among the unemployed.
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This will involve anincreasedproportionof disabled people using employment rehabilitation centres.
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The increase in average cost represents anincreasedproportionof proprietaries and other expensive drugs, rather than an increase in the prices of individual drugs.
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All those things, coupled with theincreasedproportionof administrative work to teaching time, are demoralising teachers.
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Improved quality standards will partly be reflected over the coming years by theincreasedproportion of serviced accommodation providers who join the harmonised rating schemes.
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What form of advertising is gaining theincreasedproportion?
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They are more expensive and far worse than they were before the war; there are unaccountable delays and anincreasedproportionof damage to goods.
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If we want to take anincreasedproportionof the national cake for them, one way is to take it out of the taxpayer's pocket.
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As a result, they have paid anincreasedproportionof the income tax bill.
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But the third and most important cause is theincreasedproportionof proprietary drugs.
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A prolonged inflation time or repeated attempts at inflation give a false evaluation because of theincreasedproportionof tidal air in the expired sample.
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We are meeting anincreasedproportionof increases.
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