substantial portion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandportion
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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portion
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɔː.ʃən/us/ˈpɔːr.ʃən/
a part or share of ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Asubstantialportionof the economic rent was captured by the leasehold tenants in the form of operators' surplus.
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Secondly, asubstantialportionof the tissue constituents may have escaped extraction into the homogenization medium.
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Asubstantialportionof the genetic variance in fitness is due to deleterious mutations, which enter populations at a rate per genome independent of population size.
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We find that asubstantialportionof the variance associated with children's gains in verb agreement morpheme use can be accounted for by a combination of two or three factors.
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In addition, up until the 1930s, trade taxes still provided asubstantialportionof government revenue.
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Large landowners actually were inclined to reinvest asubstantialportionof their lease income.
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To the degree that many loci are involved in schizophrenia, mutation-selection balance may provide an explanation for asubstantialportionof susceptibility alleles.
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However, with further refinements, models of this type could account for asubstantialportionof the variance in mentation recall.
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Thus, for asubstantialportionof the consistently high externalizing group, negative peer experiences appear to maintain early behavior patterns through childhood and into adolescence.
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By overstating the total costs of projects, these seemingly modest requests could defray asubstantialportionof actual costs.
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Although some of this gain is through intensification of agricultural inputs, asubstantialportionreflects gains by genetics.
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Correctional settings provide unique opportunities to offer testing, treatment, and preventive services to asubstantialportionof high-risk adults.
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Asubstantialportionof the pastoral population is consequently food insecure due to low productivity even in normal rainfall years.
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This is particularly true for pharmaceuticals, which constitute asubstantialportionof the health-care budget (1).
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Traditional sources of waxes include the whaling industry, because asubstantialportionof whale fat is composed of wax.
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Asubstantialportionof all five species of seeds passed through the gut with no apparent external damage.
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Asubstantialportionof the health research dollar, likewise, needs to be targeted toward the amelioration of specific illnesses.
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Currently, approximately 50% of married couples experience divorce, asubstantialportionof whom have children.
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In truth, however, asubstantialportionof change in member ideology is explained by simple patterns of electoral replacement.
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