Sentence examples for a portion about from inspiring English sources
A portion about Las Vegas and the mob seems extraneous.
A portion, about eight ounces, with a side of salad, is $6.95.
The writer from Jezebel finished with a portion about that darn liberal media attacking Palin's family, which she saw as far worse than attempts on her "own hide".
Gold coinage soon gave way to that of small thick silver sceats (meaning "a portion"; about 1.29 grams, or 20 grains) of essentially different style.
In the early 21st century a portion about 50 miles (80 km) long, called the Darien Gap highway (located in Panama and Colombia), remained uncompleted.
Rounding out the economy, younger men and boys ran around with buckets of sun-flower seeds that they wrapped in paper cones and sold for five thousand absurdis a portion (about U.S. $.001, I later found out).
After the Argentine economy and currency went into a tailspin in 2001, the country defaulted on a portion of about $140 billion in public debt.
She said a "portion" meant about 80g (3oz), meaning "one large fruit or a handful of smaller fruit or veg".
[5-8] Nuts are very high in calories, though, so as easy as it is to eat the whole bag, remember that a portion is about a handful, and save some for the next day.
A small portion, about $100 million, is used for a rural health care project.
For these ESTs and an additional 290 for which primers were generated manually, only a small portion, about 17.4%, ultimately resulted in validated GSPs.
