"proportion" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

proportion sustantivo

sustantivo + proportion
Kolokacji: 18
proportion of one's income • proportion of students • proportion of people • proportion of one's citizens • body proportion • ...
proportion + verbo
Kolokacji: 32
proportion rises • proportion increases • proportion falls • proportion varies • proportion declines • ...
verbo + proportion
Kolokacji: 17
reach proportions • contain a proportion • assume proportions • make up a proportion • blow out of proportion • ...
(1) reach, blow, refer, affect
Kolokacji: 4
1. reach proportions = proporcje zasięgu reach proportions
2. blow out of proportion = uderzenie z proporcji blow out of proportion
3. proportion is referred = proporcja jest przekazana proportion is referred
4. affect a proportion = wpłyń na proporcję affect a proportion
  • In spite of India's recent economic growth, poverty continues to affect a significant proportion of the population.
  • It rejected the idea of a single syndrome that is affecting a large proportion of the ailing veterans.
  • Rape and sexual violence affects a significant proportion of the population.
  • Psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia affect a small proportion of the general and Veteran population but can have devastating effects.
  • But he said he came to recognize it as a major story that affected a "huge proportion of the readers of this newspaper."
  • The next three chapters address special issues which affect only a proportion.
  • The acts themselves would have affected a large proportion of the female workforce in Britain.
  • Sponsors of the bill said the gap would affect only a small proportion of beneficiaries.
  • It is usually a facultative characteristic and affects only a proportion of the worm population.
  • That indicates that the globalization of trade affects only a limited proportion of the Community economy.
(2) contain, account
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + proportion
Kolokacji: 125
large proportion • high proportion • small proportion • significant proportion • great proportion • direct proportion • ...
preposición + proportion
Kolokacji: 10
of proportions • in proportion • to proportions • out of proportion • for a proportion • ...

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