Sentence examples for the major portion from inspiring English sources
noun
A military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel
- He used to be a major in the army.
When the assembly finally drafted a national constitution, the major portion of the country rejected it.
The major portion of the body of most fishes consists of muscles.
The clause finally made effective the major portion of Madison's unaccepted 1789 proposal.
He wrote his own dissent and also signed the major portion of the Ginsburg and Breyer dissents.
Nonmarine strata typically became coal beds, and Pennsylvanian cyclothems contain the major portion of world coal reserves.
The major portion of Tycho's lifework making and recording accurate astronomical observations had already been done at Uraniborg.
The major portion of the tropical coasts is covered with mangrove thickets with an animal life specific to that environment.
Dundee are reported to owe around £30m. "The major portion of the debt is the £13.5m owed to the Bank of Scotland," Marr said.
The test report said "the major portion of the impact energy went into movement of the target and not in producing structural damage".
The major portion of groundwater is extracted for irrigation.
The major portion of the study area is flat and featureless.
