Sentence examples for proportion are still from inspiring English sources

The latest official data for 2013-14 shows that the proportion of young people on apprenticeships is on the increase, but a significant proportion are still adults – 32% – showing that they offer a real benefit to older people as well.

But the new analysis tracks young people for longer than the official snapshot figures and suggests a large proportion are still shut out of the jobs market and education for extended periods.

Just 44 representatives said they would support or were likely to support action, and a large proportion are still undecided on the issue.

A large proportion were still undecided.

However, that proportion is still a minority.

But the reality is that the proportion is still small.

In 2006, the proportion was still the same.

But that proportion is still higher than at any time before 2009.

Chinese citizens are not considered foreigners in Taiwan and if you include marriages in which they are one of the spouses, the proportion is still higher.

As a result, though foreigners now constitute about 6½% of the population, the proportion is still smaller than in most other west European countries.

In politics, too, there are fewer privately educated members in the current cabinet (50%) than the 2010 coalition cabinet (which had 62%), but the proportion is still slightly higher than Tony Blair's cabinet (44%) after the 2005 general election.