substantial percentage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandpercentage
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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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 ofsubstantialandpercentagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nevertheless, a verysubstantialpercentageof them would do so.
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He instances many countries where prisoners are paid the whole or asubstantialpercentageof the wages paid for similar work to free employees.
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But the only way to absorbsubstantialpercentageincreases in wages is by very substantial increases in productivity.
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The net profit after tax is £826,349, which is a prettysubstantialpercentageof the issued capital.
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It is notable that asubstantialpercentageof the total reduction to be gleaned came at negative cost, indicating that efficiency improvements dominated investment decisions.
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However, asubstantialpercentageof word errors also indicates a deviance from a purely synthetic assembly strategy.
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Antibiotics, vitamins and barbiturates were also taken by asubstantialpercentageof women.
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Furthermore, husbands' religiosity explained asubstantialpercentageof the variance in their level of burn-out and marital satisfaction.
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Most of the immigrants were employed in the labor force, although asubstantialpercentage(25%) were enrolled in school at the time of the census.
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Under such regulatory structure, the government attracts asubstantialpercentageof the pension fund assets, which guarantees a source of funds to finance the fiscal costs of the transition.
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Asubstantialpercentageof youth in our sample experienced acts of physical and relational victimization.
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The best way of increasing this alreadysubstantialpercentageof lower income purchasers lies in a continuing improvement in the supply of houses for sale.
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Every year from 1945 to 1951 there was asubstantialpercentageincrease over the previous year.
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Asubstantialpercentageof those in receipt of invalidity benefit today have other resources, in savings or in income from their previous employment.
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Does that represent asubstantialpercentageof increase since the matter was discussed about three months ago?
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Asubstantialpercentagewas for legal, advisory and other welfare services.
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That is a verysubstantialpercentage; and this with a maximum.
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Asubstantialpercentageof the heavy lorries that drive down roads where they have no right to be are lost.
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However, of households with earners who would benefit—the only ones that are relevant to the minimum wage argument—asubstantialpercentagewould do so.
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