"proportion" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- At the same time, the proportion of students attending public rather than private and parochial schools jumped to 90 percent from 70 percent.
- Already, the proportion of students returning after freshman year has jumped, to 71 percent this year from 56 percent four years ago.
- Yes, the proportion of blacks who live in suburbs has jumped, since 1960, from 15 percent to 26; but for whites it's still half.
- In addition, the proportion of second-trimester abortions jumped, to 12 percent, compared with 10.2 percent in previous months.
- The proportion of foreign-born residents has jumped, too; it is near or above 20 percent in most of these counties.
- In 1916, the proportion of fatalities jumped to 17%.
- The proportion of criminals sentenced to prison jumped 54 percent from 1980 to 1987, the report said.
- The proportion of people who view the Texas businessman unfavorably jumped from 32 percent to 41 percent in the last week.
- During this time, the proportion of operating costs taken up by power jumped from 8% to 13%, including a leap from 27% to 38% for sewage treatment.
- The proportion of survey respondents who thought jobs would be hard to get, which had been edging down toward the end of the year, jumped higher.
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