considerable proportion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandproportion
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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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 ofconsiderableandproportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The continence advisers provided most of the education which nurses had received through in-service training, with aconsiderableproportionfocused on containment product training.
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Aconsiderableproportionof the shoes made are never worn by the patient because they fail to meet their expectations of comfort, appearance and function.
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But the problem was only exacerbated by the fact that aconsiderableproportionof bank assets were effectively long-term loans. 25.
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Moreover, we found that cardiovascular disease made up aconsiderableproportionof hospitalization costs.
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It is possible that aconsiderableproportionof our unmedicated patients was characterized by such a pattern of symptoms in the initial stage of the psychosis.
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This reflected theconsiderableproportionof refugees in the total population.
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Aconsiderableproportion(33 %) of married men used a variety of positions for intercourse.
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Aconsiderableproportionof the workers were single (60 per cent).
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For animals, fruits are food and among primates they may make up aconsiderableproportionof the diet.
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Even at low titres aconsiderableproportionof the patients do not reach that level and cannot contribute to the estimated time since infection.
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Factors related to social adversity explain aconsiderableproportionof the higher risk for psychotic illness in first as well as second generation immigrants.
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Conversely, aconsiderableproportionof workers (54 per cent) expressed dislike for the incentive systems of their companies, which they regarded as poor.
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Even at 8 days after anthesis (daa), early in the differentiation phase, aconsiderableproportionof endosperm cells had already lost plasma membrane integrity.
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Assuming that the majority of women noted without an occupation indeed worked, aconsiderableproportion of the women worked together with their husbands.
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Aconsiderableproportionof the household money is spent on buying alcohol.
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Transfers, using individual agreements, are still most predominant, but the exchanges facilitate aconsiderableproportionof transfers, varying from 10 to 40 per cent.
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