Sentence examples for bigger proportion than from inspiring English sources
Over 45% of Sony's shares are held by foreigners, a bigger proportion than in any other Japanese company of Sony's size.
In primary schools 83% of non-capital expenditure goes on teachers' pay, a bigger proportion than in any other OECD country.
At present, the Portuguese government spends more than half of the country's GDP, a bigger proportion than in most EU countries, and much more than would be expected of a country where income per head is relatively low.
Nor will that happen for workers at three big manufacturers here in southeastern Wisconsin — where 15 percent of the work force is in manufacturing, a bigger proportion than any other state.
And in case you were wondering about that Jedi reference... in 2001, in a country not so far away, a grassroots campaign apparently inspired by a question about religion being included for the first time in the main census resulted in 0.7% of respondents putting their religion down as Jedi: 0.7%, a bigger proportion than those who cited Buddhism, Judaism and Sikhism.
Also, Alberta now extracts 60% of its crude from its tar sands (those in the business think "oil sands" sounds nicer), a much bigger proportion than in the 1980s, and concern about the environment and carbon-based fuels is far stronger now.In this section A sticky ending for the tar sands But what is it for?
The government said it spent about £50bn a year to support sick and disabled people – a bigger proportion of GDP than countries including Canada, France and the US.
I assume the underperformance of active managers is because costs take an even bigger proportion of bond than equity returns.Yes, it all comes down to costs, as one final statistic from the professor demonstrates.
A free Hanseatic city historically, it still comprises its own state, so city politicians control a bigger proportion of taxpayers' money than their colleagues in most other cities.
HBOS, which has embarked on a £4bn fund-raising, might have a more difficult task, as it has a much bigger proportion of private investors than RBS - and those two million small shareholders might not be keen on shelling out more cash.
The new prime minister is Elio di Rupo, a Socialist from the Walloon (French-speaking) community.Fundamentalist concernsThe Muslim Brotherhood won an even bigger proportion of the vote than predicted in the first of three sets of votes for Egypt's parliament, getting 37% in party lists but raising its seat tally to 46% after a series of run-offs in single-member constituencies.
