vast portion

collocation in English

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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portion
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɔː.ʃən/us
/ˈpɔːr.ʃən/
a part or share of ...
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(Definition ofvastandportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvast portion

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It is inevitable, as in every country, that avastportionof the population will live in urban areas.
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One of his reasons for rejecting them was that they would result in the elimination of avastportion of the revenue which this tax is designed to bring in.
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Is the whole world to sit still, decade after decade, and see thisvastportionof mankind left floundering in the position in which they now are?
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This choice is usually only available if the damage does not immediately imperil avastportionof the ship's company and occupants.
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During his lifetime, he donated avastportionof his lands to the poor and the needy.
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Hyperspectral sensors look at objects using avastportionof the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Lobbies try to influence legislators and to manipulate their electoral prospects through campaign money, but they do not attempt to mobilize vast portions of the electorate.
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We cannot stand in the way of increasing world population and keep vast portions of the globe unoccupied because we are not energetic enough to occupy them.
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Half of the city lost power and vast portions were underwater.
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Since vast portions were used for livestock grazing, the importance of range management loomed large.
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Bradamante is not the type to put up with the constant disappearance of her lover, and she spends vast portions of the poem in full armor chasing after him.
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Only in the late 20th century did scientists learn that developmental genes, now known as homeobox genes, hardly vary at all across vast portions of the phylogenetic tree.
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