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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bit lower proportion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a quantity or ratio that is slightly less than another in a comparative context.
Example: "In the latest survey, the results showed a bit lower proportion of participants favoring option A compared to option B."
Alternatives: "somewhat reduced proportion" or "slightly lesser proportion".
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Partly due to their expression specificity, a bit lower proportion (93.3%, 280 out of 300) of hES lincRNAs were annotated.
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A markedly lower proportion, 26%, of less well-off people do sport: a 1.5% drop since 2005.
Campaigners retorted that in India, a far lower proportion of such attacks is reported than elsewhere.
Within UK Biobank a higher proportion of females report red or blonde hair than males and a much lower proportion of females report black hair.
Meanwhile, subsequent bones yielded a much lower proportion of Neanderthal DNA and a much higher percentage of microbial DNA.
A far lower proportion of state taxes are considered negotiable, but the fact is that it still happens.
They see a much lower proportion of web visitors as mobile phones in India outnumber computers almost 7 to 1.
A higher proportion of women work here than at home - but a much lower proportion (of both sexes) work very long hours.
"New York City prosecutes fewer drug-sale felonies through the upper courts, convicts a lower proportion over all and a lower proportion of felonies," the study said.
So, a lower proportion of candidates have achieved a 9 than gained A*s under the traditional A*-G grading system.
The population has a higher proportion of young adults than the national average and a lower proportion from the older age groups.
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