Sentence examples for proportion of the work from inspiring English sources

As a proportion of the work force, that was the highest level since August 1983.

Investigators found that the proportion of the work force drawn from minority populations varied considerably among the laboratories.

As a proportion of the work force, the number of Americans receiving jobless benefits is the highest since June 1983.

The proportion of the work force employed in manufacturing has fallen to 11percentt from 30percentt in the mid-1960's.

The proportion of the work force out of work for more than 15 weeks reached 5.7percentt in October, well above the 4.2percentt figure reached in 1982.

As a proportion of the work force, the number of people on the jobless benefit rolls is the highest since May 1983.

They are also growing as a proportion of the working population, from 11.7 per cent to 12.3 per cent.

"If the government expects a significant proportion of the working population to be self-employed it needs to provide a safety net".

A large proportion of the working class – often defined as those in manual or elementary jobs or on low incomes – are from minority ethnic populations.

By the end of the century that figure will reach 1.1m as the proportion of the working age population falls severely depleting tax revenues.

Small-scale water demand was estimated based on the proportion of the working population in the industries (Table 5).