Sentence examples for down the proportion from inspiring English sources

As investments move up and down, the proportion of your investments in shares, bonds and other assets will change.

Such policies helped drive down the proportion of Canada's oil and gas production controlled by foreigners from 74percentt in 1977 to 43percentt last year.

She added: "As the numbers in [youth] custody have gone down, the proportion of those from black and ethnic backgrounds has gone up.

He wouldn't break down the proportion of clients on the different tiers, but at the lowest cut of 5percentt, 99designs makes revenues of at least $105,000 a month.

These results indicated that the increasing HIV testing and related intervention could potentially bring down the proportion of UAI in MSM in Guangzhou.

The Bush administration has repeatedly emphasized the benefits of the tax cuts to the middle class and played down the proportion that go to the wealthy.

Because routine prenatal screening is based on the assumption that it is reasonable for prospective parents to choose to prevent a life with Down syndrome, the proportion of people with Down syndrome in the future will be based both on the development of prenatal screening and on the personal choices of prospective parents [ 14- 17].

The report suggests that the sensitivity of bank-lending rates to central-bank rates in a country goes down as the proportion of foreign-owned banks goes up—since banks can borrow internationally.

One of my most vivid courtroom experiences has been sitting in the Old Bailey on a Monday morning and watching the large pool of potential jurors whittled down to the proportion who arrive without the means or wit to escape jury service.

Certainly, there is a very noticeable series of jumps in quality as you move through the gears from £5 to £20, part of which is down to the proportion of the bottle price spent on the wine itself, as opposed to duty and VAT, being so much higher.

(Unfortunately, purchase price data is harder to track down, so the proportion of dollars is tougher to calculate accurately).