"proportion" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Now the proportion is down to less than a quarter, and falling.
- That proportion was reduced to 7 percent in 2005, and should fall even further as the state pushes on with its plan.
- The proportion of the world's population under arms fell to 4.8 per 1,000 from 5.7 over the same period.
- Today the proportion has fallen to barely half, and in some places it is much lower.
- The proportion of Americans with jobs, 62.6 percent, fell to its lowest level since 1994.
- Until the 1980's, the proportion rarely fell below 7 percent.
- Since 1970, the proportion of "traditional" families has fallen by 35 percent.
- Yet the proportion of students in private schools has been falling nationwide.
- In 1986, the most recent year for which figures are available, the proportion fell to 14.4 percent.
- The proportion declining to make a choice fell to 26 percent.
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