considerable portion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandportion
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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portion
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɔː.ʃən/us/ˈpɔːr.ʃən/
a part or share of ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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About a month ago aconsiderableportionof the museums was still unreleased.
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The fact remains that 10 years is aconsiderableportionof a person's political life.
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Others came to his help, of course, and he was relieved of aconsiderableportionof the burden.
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A railway came through the property, and a veryconsiderableportionof it became ripe for building purposes.
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The year advances rapidly, aconsiderableportionof the terrible summer foreshadowed has gone.
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Cleaning solutions containing metal ion chelatants are used to remove inorganic scales that contain aconsiderableportionof divalent cations.
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It appeared in small numbers in each succeeding stage and only after aconsiderableportionof hoppers had reached the stage in question.
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In order to achieve an effect, the recommended practice parameter must be embraced by aconsiderableportionof the practitioners for whom it is intended.
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However, forms were accepted for children exposed to more than one language because bilingual language environments are common for aconsiderableportionof the nation's children.
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We are fully aware that aconsiderableportionof that will go straight into the pockets of fraudsters.
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I think it is very desirable, and, if they did, aconsiderableportionof the housing problem would be solved in every county.
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You ought to have the service spread, if not over the whole county, at any rate over a veryconsiderableportionof the county.
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That means to say that farmers will be allowed to keep aconsiderableportionof their grain for the feeding of their livestock.
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This alliance has behind it aconsiderableportionof the electorate.
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It is obviously impossible for anyone to attempt to cover the whole ground or even to speak on anyconsiderableportionof this immense measure.
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I am inclined to think aconsiderableportionof the working men of this country will be in that position.
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Such a limit would be of very little use to them, because aconsiderableportionof their practice is not over the £2 limit.
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In all these markets we have lost aconsiderableportionof our proper trade.
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Aconsiderableportionof our 1953 tonnage is represented by tankers.
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I think the redrafting will affect aconsiderableportionof the clause.
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