"a large portion are" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is typically used in a sentence when referring to a group of people or things where the majority are being described. Example: "A large portion of the students in the class are struggling with the difficult math concept."
Of the rural Bengali, a large portion are engaged in agriculture, their principal crops being rice and jute, followed by assorted pulses (legumes) and oilseeds.
A large portion are middle-level managers.One of the reasons why Wipro sends so many Indians abroad, he says, is that they are familiar with its intense around-the-clock schedule.
A large portion are not active in crime at all".
And while they work around the clock to provide clients every possible comfort, a large portion are uninsured; about half depend on public benefits like Medicaid and food stamps.
On the tables, plenty are on their third bottle of merlot, and a large portion are busy fiddling with their mobiles – taking pictures of Schwarzenegger on stage, filming bits of the Q&A, or else just watching it through the fully-zoomed, pixelated screen.
"A lot of people have come to the UK on the Youth Mobility Visa or for study, and a large portion are young, urban, and educated so are more likely to vote In," says Meg. "The biggest barrier is that they don't know they can vote".
Even if the money were largely spent on buybacks and dividends and a large portion were kept abroad, it would still be reasonable to expect $300 billion to $600 billion to be repatriated.
"The museum's board voted to deaccession its permanent collection in 1981, and a large portion was later sold.
Most of those stopped (55 percent) were black (a large portion were also Hispanic), most were young and almost all were male.
Part of this improvement has come from improved design and metalworking accuracy, but a large portion is the result of using improved high-temperature materials.
A large portion were women and children fleeing conflict and poverty by way of Libya, only to be hastily drowning, within eyesight of the Italian shoreline, in the same waters they'd hoped would rescript their lives.
