Sentence examples for a certain proportion of things from inspiring English sources

"We need a certain proportion of things to be OK," Bea tells Peter, "in order to be able to cope with other things going wrong".

A result would be an equilibrium with a certain proportion of tinkers and a certain proportion of tailors.

Culling involves removing a certain proportion of a population, but is based on concrete population numbers.

The government requires a certain proportion of UK electricity to come from renewable sources.

So the argument that we are "meant" to eat a certain proportion of meat, say, is highly questionable.

In a certain proportion of women who use it, men just seem to find them more attractive.

This potentially could lead to added predictability for a certain proportion of monsoon rainfall variability.

However, a certain proportion of polyps resolve with conservative treatment.

It is therefore suggested that a certain proportion of budget be allocated to improve the health systems and social welfare systems.

A certain proportion of the VDR molecules are alternatively spliced.

All ETS sequences contained a certain proportion of polymorphic sites.