Sentence examples for a small proportion of their from inspiring English sources

Iranian authorities have historically only acknowledged a small proportion of their overall executions, the rights group added.

The reason this works is that normally a bank's depositors want to withdraw only a small proportion of their money on any given day.

Economics are this lack of care disguised as practicality – Alem realises people resent being asked to share even a small proportion of their wealth.

The fashion for pension funds or insurance companies to invest a small proportion of their portfolios in hedge funds will, if it continues, provide a wall of money.

But the drug is expensive, so only a few countries will be able to afford it for a small proportion of their populations.

Unveiling the plans, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said this would stop "politicised union leaders" from "holding the country to ransom" with the backing of only a small proportion of their members.

Other stocks on the list have a smaller proportion of their share prices in cash but are paying huge dividends.

In reality, the top 10% pay a smaller proportion of their income in tax than the bottom 10%.

Most people in Britain spend a smaller proportion of their income on food than in other rich countries.

It seems like an appealingly simple way to ensure that the rich do not pay a smaller proportion of their earnings than many members of the middle class.

While wealthy individuals in the US gave a smaller proportion of their assets to charity in 2009 than 2008, the donations of European high net worth individuals grew.