Sentence examples for proportions of average from inspiring English sources

Regardless of the type of MI scheme, the largest proportions of average hospitalization costs were accounted for by Western and traditional medication.

The minimum wage has declined, quite markedly, as a proportion of average weekly earnings.

The cost of the education that these schools provided, as a proportion of average income, made them the second most expensive on the planet.

The UK has an acute housing shortage with many people priced out of home ownership, while those renting can pay out a significant proportion of average incomes.

The minimum wage could be targeted at a set proportion of average weekly earnings so the lowest paid did not fall behind.

This move meant that pensions as a proportion of average earnings matched their previous record, set in 1965 – also under a Labour government.

"If you look at unemployment and sickness benefit as a proportion of average earnings, then Britain has one of the meanest welfare systems in Europe," says Palme. "Worse than Greece, Bulgaria or Romania".

In a confident performance at the launch of the manifesto, Miliband said that pay and insecurity were holding Britain back and that Labour would deliver the highest ever minimum wage as a proportion of average earnings.

The committee proposes a new formula for future increases in the state pension, which it suggests should be a benchmark proportion of average earnings below which it could not fall.

A minimum wage by 2019 reaching its highest ever proportion of average earnings, rising to more than £8 an hour, because we are determined to write the next chapter in the fight to end low pay.

MPs' pay as a proportion of average national salary Photograph: /Channel 4 FactCheck blog 12.37pm BST And here are some excerpts from what MPs have been writing about the Ipsa plans on their blogs.