Sentence examples for proportion has grown from inspiring English sources

This proportion has grown steadily over the years; in 1992, it was around 80percentt.

For the tenth who live abroad – the proportion "has grown a little" since he became head in 2002 – Heathrow airport is even closer.

An ageing population and an increase in chronic health conditions, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, mean the proportion has grown from an estimated 10% in the 1970s.

By 1980 the San Juan metropolitan area included the surrounding municipalities to the east and west and had about one-third of Puerto Rico's total population; that proportion has grown to two-thirds of the population.

That proportion has grown: in 2012, international made up only half of its users.

Since then, the proportion has grown most years, reaching a high of 47percentt in fiscal 2013.

In 1991, 15% of Americans were obese; by 1999, that proportion had grown to 27%.

In 1988 the communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe did around a third of their trade with the EU; by 1998 this proportion had grown to around two-thirds.

In 1979 one-tenth of the population of Northern Ireland resided in households earning less than 50 percent of the national average income; by 1999 this proportion had grown to one in four.

The remaining 32% 35% are not members of any religious body-a proportion that has grown steadily over recent decades.

"The number with plans to spend down has not grown in proportion, but it has grown numerically because the field has gotten bigger," said Loren Renz, senior researcher for special projects at the Foundation Center.