Example sentences of "proportion of [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coefficient of determination ( R ( adjusted ) ) was used to measure the proportion of variation explained by individual factors . |
| 2 | Whatever the definition chosen , the proportion of government spending in National Income has risen steadily throughout the twentieth century , including the early period under the present Conservative government . |
| 3 | Teachers ' salaries account for the largest proportion of education spending in all types of school , though this varies from around 70% in primary and secondary schools to 59% in special schools . |
| 4 | The Lorenz curve ( based on information on incomes ranked in ascending order of size ) shows the proportion of income held by each percentage or proportion of the population . |
| 5 | ‘ Across the regions , the proportion of land developed for residential use that had been previously developed or was vacant land in built-up areas varied between 33 per cent in the south west to 52 per cent in the south east , and 58 per cent in the north west . ’ |
| 6 | In fact , a study by the OECD ( 1982 ) , found that the proportion of GNP absorbed by public expenditure between 1954 and the early 1980s on ‘ merit goods ’ ( education , health and housing ) and ‘ income maintenance ’ ( pensions , sickness , family and unemployment benefits ) had doubled from 14 to 28% , as an average across all the advanced industrialized countries . |
| 7 | At lower levels the proportion of wealth belonging to each group was smaller in Coventry . |
| 8 | The guidelines for aggregates provision in the South Wales region under MPG6 indicates that while the proportion of supply met from primary land sources will decline from 65% to about 45% over the period from 1991 to 2011 ( although requiring an absolute increase of up to 4 million tonnes per annum to meet rising demand ) , coastal super quarries are anticipated to supply almost 30% of demand during the last five years of this period . |
| 9 | The guidelines for aggregates provision in the South Wales region under MPG6 indicates that while the proportion of supply met from primary land sources will decline from 65% to about 45% over the period from 1991 to 2011 ( although requiring an absolute increase of up to 4 million tonnes per annum to meet rising demand ) , coastal super quarries are anticipated to supply almost 30% of demand during the last five years of this period . |
| 10 | In the individual years 1980 to 1984 , the proportion of investment going to Third World countries , as derived from a survey of the leading 40 UK manufacturing corporations , varied between 10 and 26 per cent . |
| 11 | Teaching and learning methods , including the proportion of class-time spent on individualised learning , small group work , or whole class teaching and the nature of homework tasks . |
| 12 | We doubt the accuracy of the 1990/91 analysis as to the proportion of effort assigned to different sectors of inspectors ’ activities , and reflect back to GAMTA 's 1983 submission to the CAA review then taking place when we recommended … that there should be more delegation of record checking to junior staff and even greater delegation of inspection functions to authorised personnel within AOC operations . |
| 13 | * The proportion of glass manufactured from recycled supplies rose from 9 to 21 per cent , and that of paper from 26 to 31 per cent . |
| 14 | The quantitative growth of advanced capitalist states in recent years may be illustrated by the proportion of GDP represented by general government expenditure in OECD countries , shown in table 2.1 . |
| 15 | Proportion of time spent on private business interests . |
| 16 | This diagram shows the proportion of time spent on different types of work by these solicitors . |
| 17 | Because a detailed record of economic activity statuses was collected by the After Redundancy study , it was possible to compare the proportion of time spent by each person since being made redundant in different forms of employment status . |
| 18 | This activity has significantly increased the proportion of stock owned by private individuals , and has contributed to a narrowing of the discount between NAV and market capitalisation . |
| 19 | ‘ And this figure is growing because of the higher proportion of plastic used in modern cars . |
| 20 | The lower productivity of peripheral units and the low proportion of wage costs in total costs means that the relatively cheap labour does not give the periphery a significant price advantage over more advanced units . |
| 21 | The attention paid to physical distribution is related to the relative proportion of distribution costs in total costs . |
| 22 | On the other hand , the proportions of vegetation destroyed in temperate habitats are much less , and this does not seem to be a limiting factor in these areas . |