large majority
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflargeandmajority
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large
adjective
uk/lɑːdʒ/us/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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majority
noun
uk/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us/məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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(Definition oflargeandmajorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thelargemajorityof trigger words in the data consists of proper nouns.
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Alargemajorityof the listeners (83%) had one or two parents who also spoke the dialect.
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Firstly, we have already documented that alargemajorityof existing policies are in fact issued with 4.5 % guarantees.
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The sample was predominantly lower class with alargemajorityunmarried and receiving welfare.
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In this region, 62 per cent of the active population are cultivators; thelargemajorityof them being subsistence farmers.
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The answer in thelargemajorityof clinical situations is that the maximum temperatures fall far below those threatening cell viability.
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Alargemajorityof the sensor failures were abrupt failures, which were detected by the system as they fell outside the validation region.
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Admittedly, reform pessimists may still find support in thelargemajorityof women who remained propertyless after the married women's property acts.
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If alargemajorityprefers, say, a single-payer health care system, then that is a strong, though perhaps not conclusive, reason to implement one.
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Finally, a verylargemajorityof students (average, 87 percent) said they would recommend the courses to fellow students.
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The verylargemajorityof couples, then, had two or three children.
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The results show that alargemajorityof children from the youngest age on have a minimal concept of a story.
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Alargemajorityremains critical of it because it is perceived as lacking in either democratic character, proper performance, or both.
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This may be because alargemajorityof participants (approximately 70 %) reported very infrequent informal contact with people who have learning disabilities.
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Alargemajorityof the sample said that depots are better for adherence monitoring, and relapse prevention.
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Thus while quite a few female traders became rich, and some of them also politically influential, thelargemajorityremained petty traders.
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