Sentence examples for proportion winning from inspiring English sources

In what exam boards chiefs described as "a complex national picture", the headline pass rate fell by 2.1 percentage points to 66.9% attaining C grade or above, and falls in the proportion winning the highest A* and A grades.

Romney's percentage of the vote as opposed to the proportion won by the conservative alternatives (by now, just Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum) tallies quite closely with the percentage of voters in a state's exit polls who say they are born-again Christian or evangelical.

But while her plot traffics heavily in grim incident, she maintains a winning proportion of whimsy throughout.

During the worldwide depression the movement quickly grew to nationwide proportions and won the support of distinguished governmental, military, and parliamentary figures.

The far right has grown to unprecedented proportions (it won a record 7 million votes in regional elections last December) and seems set for a strong showing in next year's presidential election.

We need a House of Commons that reflects the people's will; where the proportion of seats won corresponds to the proportion of votes cast.

Although the proportion of medals won by women is similar to that in Beijing, the overall totals are higher and they have been won across more sports.

And two-thirds said they were satisfied with the party's primary system of awarding delegates based on the proportion of votes won and which relies heavily on caucuses, although few, 2 in 10, said they were very satisfied.

The figures also showed the proportion of places won by pupils from Bucks private schools dropped from 21%to15%5% – but then 292 fewer children from these schools entered the exam.

The copulation frequency correlated neither with the proportion of fights won by males nor with the frequency of male countermarking on female scents.

However, in the sifaka we found no correlation between the proportion of fights won by each male and mating frequency and priority.