Sentence examples for better portion of their from inspiring English sources
I was astonished when, droning on at a dinner party about my campaign to dissuade my parents from handing over the better portion of their worldly goods to a still-under-construction "retirement community" out in the desert, I found that I had stumbled upon a cohort: the children of the elderly.
Consumers pay a better portion of their plan premiums and undergoing higher out-of-pocket costs.
He spent the better portion of a news conference fending off allegations that he was tilting the scales in favor of the home team, charges that he vigorously denied.
Some experts call the estimate too low, but most agree the purchases will not only wipe out the budget surplus for the current fiscal year but also gobble up the better portion of the state's hard-earned reserves.
Over the next several years, with little debate, Congress and the administration drifted into an agreement that showed every sign of being unbreakable: the better portion of the surplus would be off limits for tax cuts and new spending, and would be used only to reduce debt or fill Social Security's long-term financing gap.
The Panama Canal is scheduled to be widened in a few years, and the Port Authority will, by then, have spent the better portion of a $3.8 billion capital investment plan to attract its massive freighters, which will have nearly double the capacity of current cargo ships.
IRACDA postdocs spend the better portion of a year teaching classes at a nearby partner institution; there are 42 such institutions in all.
I was living on the McDonald's diet for the better portion of probably six or seven years of our career".
Also, using the better portion of a Saturday to watch six episodes straight doesn't make you a waste of space.
For the most part, we tried to stay away from guys who spent the better portion of the 2011 season on the sidelines due to injury, so don't expect to see the likes of Darren McFadden and Jay Cutler listed below.
