Sentence examples for proportion to be from inspiring English sources

(I would have guessed the proportion to be higher still).

A recent government study estimated the proportion to be closer to 8%.

You only need a tiny percentage of those to die and a slightly bigger proportion to be hospitalised to have large numbers.

The Financial Services Authority and G20 principles on pay require up to 60% of bonuses to be deferred over three years and for a greater proportion to be paid in shares.

For example, in November, an ABC News/Washington Post survey found that 72 percent of respondents said the earth has been heating up, and a December poll by Ipsos/McClatchy found this proportion to be 70 percent.

In the early 21st century, official statistics indicated that nearly one-third of the state's total area was forested, but satellite imagery revealed the proportion to be closer to one-fifth.

That meant an assignment of astounding proportions, to be capped by a seemingly impossible task.

It's a blunder of epic proportions, to be sure, and could mean complete and "udder" devastation for Brando.

The proportion appears to be rising year-on-year.

P population proportion (assumed to be 0.50).

The proportions tend to be particularly pleasing.