Sentence examples for troubling proportion from inspiring English sources

Still, Dr. Koran said, "the survey shows, surprisingly, that men and women are equally or nearly equally likely to suffer from this disorder, and that a troubling proportion of the population appear to be engaging in financially destructive behavior.

Recently, the scientific community was shaken by reports that a troubling proportion of peer-reviewed preclinical studies are not reproducible.

The critics, including members of Congress and economists and analysts outside of government, said Mr. Greenspan's influence had grown to troubling proportions, given that he does not hold elective office.

More troubling is the high proportion of patients (20%30%%) who relapse after treatment, some repeatedly [ 10].

The result is "a splendid, entirely satisfying book, intelligent and fun and revealing and troubling in the correct proportions, resolutely skeptical but not at all cynical, brimming with fabulous scenes as well as sharp analysis," Kurt Andersen said here in 1999.

An additional troubling finding is that the proportion of underage drinkers has remained virtually unchanged from 2002.

It's a complex issue that has developed into epidemic proportions in past years, leading to a troubling increase in drug-related deaths.

But what was both troubling and illuminating, the Manchester team decided, was that a substantial proportion of the women surveyed (from half to three-quarters) believed that cancer was never curable.

The high proportion of clustering pattern in previously treated cases is also troubling as it indicates that inadequate previous treatment increasing the risk of drug-resistance and primary transmission.

"I find it deeply troubling that while our country is facing fiscal challenges of gigantic proportions … that programs such as this are being funded on the back of the American taxpayer," he said in offering his amendment on 29 May.

It's not a common sight, and it's troubling when you consider that their scarcity in fashion campaigns is out of proportion to the number of older men in our population.