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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a satisfactory proportion of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an acceptable or adequate amount of something in a particular context.
Example: "The study found that a satisfactory proportion of participants reported improved well-being after the intervention."
Alternatives: "an acceptable amount of" or "a sufficient share of".
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NOD/SCID mice were retro-orbitally injected with 400 µl huRBC every 3 days to ensure a satisfactory proportion of huRBC (i.e. chimerism), at the time of infection (≈60%).
In total, 82 samples contained a satisfactory proportion of prostatic cells for genotyping analysis.
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14 35 That notwithstanding, the outdoor monitoring was accepted by a fairly satisfactory proportion of families (64% and 72% of eligible cases and controls).
This process is iterated until either we reach a satisfactory smallest proportion (which is 45% of the SNPs by default, or specified by users) or the number of iterations reaches a pre-specified threshold.
The results of the inspections were graded as: "A", satisfactory, "B", relatively satisfactory, or "C", unsatisfactory, respectively[ 12- 14].
The statistical power was estimated to be satisfactory, with a limited proportion of false negatives (β = 0.01 to 0.03, Table 2), while consistent with a small number of spurious discoveries (cf. Table 3).
Current treatment regimens are not satisfactory for a substantial proportion of patents.
Supervised housing, however, is satisfactory for a substantial proportion of users [ 21, 49, 50].
Endometrial destruction is satisfactory for a high proportion of women, but, if complete cessation of bleeding is sought, then hysterectomy could be offered.
For a time, the law of constant proportions seemed a satisfactory criterion of the occurrence of chemical combination.
Those who had no formal schooling exhibited a higher proportion of highly satisfactory knowledge than those who had high school or more education (28.3% vs 24.6%, but highly satisfactory practice was low among them (12.5% vs 28.8%, data not shown).
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