Sentence examples for constitutes close from inspiring English sources

It constitutes close to a third of total government expenditure.

It can be seen that lignin constitutes close to 30%% of the total biomass composition making it the second most abundant compound in loblolly pine.

As opposed to the situation in Europe and the United States, where diabetic nephropathy constitutes close to 50%% of patients on ESRD programs, the predominant causes of ESRD in Africa are essential hypertension and chronic glomerulonephritis [9].

Since the idea of an industry is firmly rooted in a central product (e.g., the "VCR industry" or the "PC industry"), a firm's competitive environment cannot be characterized as an 'industry' until a new dominant design emerges and it is again possible to discern what constitutes close substitutes.

However, low-dose ASA (for example to prevent heart disease) constitutes close to 90% of all ASA sold in Sweden, and low-dose forms are only available through prescription [ 14].

Vascular endothelial growth factor quantities in skeletal muscle (human vastus lateralis) (Gavin et al, 2004) and rat muscle, for comparison (Zhang et al, 1997) were also evaluated; muscle VEGF content is particularly important since it constitutes close to half the mass of the human body.

Yet New York City residents pay more per kilowatt-hour than almost any other American electricity customers; taxes and other government charges, most of which are not enumerated on electricity bills, can constitute close to twenty per cent of the cost of power for residential and commercial users in New York.

The car still moving about 20 miles an hour and the sudden air opened my eyes in the smoke... we all knew Montclair was like a beautifully furnished room and someone would hear and we would die in jail... " If Newark is the innermost ring of hell, then surely the towns immediately surrounding it constitute close seconds -- places like Irvington and East Orange and Belleville.

It's radically less than 1% of total GDP, and yet the companies it supports currently constitute close to 20% of GDP, maybe more now.

The spotted hyena has a proportionately large heart, constituting close to 1% of its body weight, thus giving it great endurance in long chases.

Jews constituted close to one-half of Vilnius's population, according to the German census of 1916, and many victims of fighting and subsequent repression in Vilnius were Jews.