large portion
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflargeandportion
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large
adjective
uk/lɑːdʒ/us/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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portion
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɔː.ʃən/us/ˈpɔːr.ʃən/
a part or share of ...
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(Definition oflargeandportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflarge portion
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Surprisingly, in that study, only 39% of seeds germinated, while alargeportionof seeds (40%) were found to be non-viable.
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Alternatively, alargeportionof the questions were lapsed/rejected/returned/withdrawn.
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Each chapter contains alargeportionof "case studies," which serve to apply the general reflection to specific phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical phenomena.
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Lastly, alargeportionof water resource economics research has focused on water rights and water markets.
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Although some of our findings were statistically significant, they failed to account for alargeportionof the variance in child outcome.
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Its express aims include removing 'alargeportionof the ambiguity from human communication'.
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However, most methods typically assume that the object is either already segmented from the background or that it occupies alargeportionof the image.
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As the dispute continued, prominent lawyers took over alargeportionof this task.
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Alargeportionof this overlap is due to the prominence of crustaceans in fish diets.
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The model leaves alargeportionof the growth unexplained.
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His policies of political restriction and economic development through functional inequality antagonized alargeportionof the population.
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Once a selection has been made, alargeportionof the text with the word or words selected is highlighted.
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What then remains to be done to restore it to alargeportionof its ancient character and magnificence?
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However, alargeportionof the excavation data and materials discovered during the project were not published.
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By eliminating these hyperboxes, alargeportionof the performance space is eliminated from further consideration effectively reducing the gap search space.
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This impacted upon alargeportionof the minority community, giving rise to claims that the statutes were being unfairly applied.
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Regardless of how it plays out, all the alternatives seem to lead to alargeportionof humanity being left in a very precarious state.
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These genetic factors account, in the statistical sense, for alargeportionof the covariance between the two.
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