Sentence examples for proportion come from inspiring English sources

Unsurprisingly, the highest proportion come from the children from the mixed/multiple ethnic groups.

A significant proportion come chiefly to earn money, and eventually they return to the countries they were born in.

The majority of them are conservative by instinct and a large proportion come from the north of Portugal, the present stronghold of the anti-Communist opposition.

The larger proportion come from those who support Israel, but a large number come from those who sympathize with the Palestinians.

Northern students are significantly less well funded than those in the south, they have fewer career opportunities given higher rates of unemployment, and a larger proportion come from impoverished backgrounds.

And with colliders, the more energy you have on tap, the better your chances of finding what you're looking for: It's only when forces of cosmic proportion come into play that you get protons splitting into their most exotic sub-particles.

Most were from Eastern Europe, with a large proportion coming from Poland, Ukraine and Russia.

Beats Music raised $60m investment in March of this year, with a large proportion coming from Access Industries, owner of Warner Music Group.

Of the roughly one hundred billion dollars invested in Bridgewater, only a small proportion comes from wealthy families.

This will be of obvious interest to our political leaders who will want to see the proportion coming down.

"The proportion coming into ordained ministry has increased over the years but is still well below the proportion of people of BAME heritage in the population.