Sentence examples for make up a large proportion from inspiring English sources

Afghans make up a large proportion of the migrants and refugees who are arriving in Europe.

Students also make up a large proportion of customers, Schlee says.

Putin will bridle at suggestions that Russian citizens – who make up a large proportion of the €100,000 depositors – should be singled out.

The document's allegations appear to make up a large proportion of the charges against Shiner which were published on Thursday by the SRA.

Road traffic collisions make up a large proportion of the charity's work but other emergencies, including heart attacks, sporting injuries and other accidents are common.

It leaves out his landscapes, which make up a large proportion of his work, and his etchings, which rank with those of Goya and Rembrandt.

Art and antiques dealers -- who make up a large proportion of the company's buyers and sellers -- said they, too, were staggered by the settlement.

Small or medium enterprises and industries that make up a large proportion of the Syrian economy – particularly in textiles and agriculture – have faced increased competition from abroad.

Many live on the margins of society and engage in theft and petty crime, and they make up a large proportion of Hungary's prison population.

The roughly 6 percent of Medicare patients who die each year do make up a large proportion of Medicare costs: 27 to 30 percent.

The descendants of Irish immigrants, who make up a large proportion of England's Catholics, have been absorbed into the population as a whole.