substantial proportion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandproportion
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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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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(Definition ofsubstantialandproportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Asubstantialproportionof participants did not make any wrong word reference errors (n=21).
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Thus, it is not surprising that, in the regression model, emotion regulation accounted for asubstantialproportionof the variance in predicting resilience.
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Nonetheless, asubstantialproportionof observers misjudge water-levels, indicating that they have by no means internalized this particular regularity.
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Nevertheless, asubstantialproportionare drifters at any family size.
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Asubstantialproportionof these occurrences of highly credible gastrointestinal symptoms may be manifestations of respiratory infections.
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In the outbreak reported in this paper, many clinical units were affected and asubstantialproportionof caregivers infected.
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Asubstantialproportionof the never-married are institutionalized: for reasons of mental health, physical health, imprisonment and religion, many of these citizens never have children.
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These observations seem to imply that asubstantialproportionof worm deaths occur after exit from the skin.
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Despite this, 232 managers did return the questionnaire and asubstantialproportionof them were keen to contribute to research.
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Recent studies have shown that asubstantialproportionof the population worldwide presents a mental health disorder at some point during their lifetime.
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This finding indicates that the duration of the episode precludes to diagnose asubstantialproportionof cycloids as brief psychotic disorders.
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In addition, the effect size measure indicated that this interaction did not account for asubstantialproportionof the variance (3.4%).
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The culture of a society may be defined as behaviour common to asubstantialproportionof its members, socially transmitted within and between generations.
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Examination of the larval vials from all recovery times revealed that asubstantialproportionof the mortality took place in first instar larvae.
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The same will be true if the ratchet has advanced sufficiently far that asubstantialproportionof loci are fixed within haploid sets.
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Cerberiopsis candelabra shows mass flowering across asubstantialproportionof a population, and among populations.
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In sum, we were able to 'account' for asubstantialproportionof the mature flies that were released.
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Using trained chart abstractors, the cost could become asubstantialproportionof the personnel costs for the entire trial.
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