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The phrase "a very high proportion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing statistics or quantities to indicate that a significant part of a whole is being referenced.
Example: "In the survey, a very high proportion of respondents indicated that they preferred online shopping over traditional retail."
Alternatives: "a large percentage" or "a significant share".
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A very high proportion who take it are not addicts.
But a very high proportion of the Paris attackers did.
A very high proportion were murders of young black men by other young black men.
An estimated 660,000 people died, a very high proportion from scurvy and starvation.
A very high proportion of the Tea Partiers listen to Mr. Limbaugh.
Their school is highly regarded because its graduates all go into combat units and a very high proportion become officers.
It was billed as "News for Nerds" and the net had a very high proportion of nerds back then.
"Here we had a very high proportion of individuals developing pneumonia, and that signaled something unusual," requiring a closer look.
So did the German Jews as a whole, a very high proportion of whom were middle class.
"Our evidence suggests a very high proportion (around 75%-90%) of customers move to other shops," Paddy Power said.
A very high proportion of older people in the UK regard the television as their main contact with the world.
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