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great proportion

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meanings of greatand proportion


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great
adjective
uk /ɡreɪt/ us /ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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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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Examples of great proportion


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This led to the increased importance of wage labour for a greatproportion of the male textile workers.
The primary-forest reaches were dominated by coarse substrates, such as cobbles and boulders, while a greatproportion of the streambeds in the secondary-forest reaches were covered with sand.
It should be pointed out that a greatproportion of this money is from countries involved in conflict.
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Clearly, the age group below 25 is taking a greatproportion of the burden.
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I did not say that a greatproportion had been improperly disposed of.
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Of those which leave harbour a greatproportion are either captured or scuttled to avoid capture.
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They are operating in an area where a greatproportion of the population live in blocks of flats or houses that have been divided up.
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A greatproportion of the people do not get the food which is necessary to keep them in bodily health.
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First, the greatproportion of the collieries showed a profit of £48 million, but a number of collieries worked at a loss.
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Is it not the case that a greatproportion of these unemployed persons are unskilled?
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In the contracting industry, it is common for a greatproportion of work to be done by sub-contractors.
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It is not intended to rationalise a greatproportion of markets out of existence.
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A greatproportion of that money might be better spent by people in the area.
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If you strike at it, you wound a greatproportion of the best people of this country very severely.
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A greatproportion of our national wealth is allocated to defence expenditure.
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A greatproportion of that happens to be tomatoes.
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A greatproportion of the production of the agricultural labourer is food.
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If we did that, we should wipe out a greatproportion of the burden of our debt.
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I accept that our public service broadcasts take the greatproportion of viewing time at the moment.
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A greatproportion of this sum is going to the factories.
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