Sentence examples for be a substantial portion from inspiring English sources

Its annual fee will be a substantial portion of expected yearly savings of $250 million.

The textiles and interiors unit is a substantial portion of DuPont Canada's business and operations.

"It's a substantial portion of our business right now," Mr. Fitzpatrick said.

"These markups were a substantial portion of their income," he said.

Edward Castronova of Indiana University estimates that sex is "a substantial portion, perhaps even the majority" of economic transactions in Second Life.

As you might have seen from Adam Dean's images that accompanied our report, the elderly were a substantial portion of the evacuee population.

"Thirty percent of outstanding shares is a substantial portion, easily enough to change the outcome of many proxy voting results," said Mark Latham, a member of the S.E.C.'s investor advisory committee.

The three judges of the court estimated that the bail amount was a substantial portion of Mr. Polanski's fortune and that given his "advanced age" — he is 76 — the "possibility of reaccumulation of fortune in this amount would not be certain".

That is, a substantial portion of individuals had a past employment history before entering the panel (1990 in our case).

Even without official compensation policies, voluntary remittances are a substantial portion of Africa and the Caribbean's revenue.

I conclude that measurable changes in production levels should not be produced by changing levels of risk aversion except when wealth changes are a substantial portion of wealth.