Sentence examples for constituted a significant portion from inspiring English sources

In the case of Christopher McCandless, there is evidence that H. alpinum seeds constituted a significant portion of his meager diet during a period before his death.

Together with beans, corn (maize), squash, and amaranth, chia seeds constituted a significant portion of the diet of the indigenous peoples.

Hoover and Hursh (1943), and Hursh (1944) showed that subsurface storm flow constituted a significant portion of streamflow in humid areas.

The costs incurred by escorts constituted a significant portion of the total cost.

As a result, in many areas populations that historically – and again in 2011 12 – constituted a significant portion of the population affected by famine, did not receive aid proportional to their need.

Flavonoids constituted a significant portion of phenolics and included ACs, flavonols, flavan-3-ols and PACs or condensed tannins (polymers of flavan-3-ols and flavan-3,4-diols), and were the most abundant class of soluble polyphenolics in grape berries.

Tourism alone constitutes a significant portion of this amount annually.

Steelmaking remains important, although services constitute a significant portion of the economy.

Despite the country's frequent balance-of-payment deficits, defense spending consistently constitutes a significant portion of the total budget.

Corporations registered in Delaware pay an initial incorporation fee and thereafter an annual franchise tax; this constitutes a significant portion of the state's revenue.

Health care economists agree that as much as half of the industry's costs is waste, but that excess constitutes a significant portion of the financial baselines of most health care organizations.