Sentence examples for major proportion and from inspiring English sources

In fact, when this "most revolutionary novel" was rereleased in 2005, earning the Clifton Fadiman Medal and immense praise by Jonathan Franzen, Purdy was called a "literary cult hero of major proportion" and the book a "gay classic".

It is a scandal of major proportions, and it is hidden".

That would leave Washington the chance to pick Arrington and Brown, a coup of major proportions and one that could change the balance of power in the National Football Conference East for years.

Dave Matthews, the man who parlayed his experience performing for undergraduates into a career of major proportions (and remarkable endurance) is joining him, along with the guitarist Tim Reynolds and others.

Syria is a catastrophe of major proportions, and its ultimate disposition will affect its region.

Similar articles appeared in magazines such as Field and Stream, which called the project "a catastrophe of major proportions", and the Audubon Society Magazine, said the dam "would negate 30 years of endeavor in waterfowl preservation.

He ended the piece by saying, "The left is having a dilemma of major proportions and I think for those of us who disagree with some of their policies, the best thing to do is to sit on the sidelines and let them kill themselves".

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) constitutes a major proportion of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in the Taiwan and South-East Asia [ 1].

It therefore accounts for a major proportion of rural employment and income and provides many landscape and biodiversity benefits.

A major proportion of morbidity and mortality in term neonates is due to hypoxemic respiratory failure.

Here, by isolating single fibers from rat flexor digitorum brevis (FDB) muscle we were able to identify and clonally characterize two main subpopulations of SCs: the low proliferative clones (LPC) present in major proportion (∼75%) and the high proliferative clones (HPC), present instead in minor amount (∼25%).