Example sentences of "[conj] as [art] proportion " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , there is no consistent trend in the number of strikers who receive supplementary benefit as a proportion of either those who are ‘ eligible ’ , or as a proportion of the total number of strikers in any one year . |
| 2 | over , over the century , er , although as a proportion , agricultural trade has fallen as a proportion of total trade , right , and that reflects a number of influences . |
| 3 | In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% . |
| 4 | In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% . |
| 5 | Yet in spite of several Cabinet meetings to make reductions , total spending actually increased in real terms and as a proportion of GDP . |
| 6 | Secondly , this group is set to increase both in number and as a proportion of the population in future years . |
| 7 | In the years up to the mid-1970s , local authority expenditure rose steadily , and apparently inexorably , as a proportion of national income ( up to 1975 ) and as a proportion of public spending ( until 1973 ) ( see Table 4.1 ) . |
| 8 | The decline in employment in manufacturing industry , in both absolute terms and as a proportion of the labour force , is clear enough . |
| 9 | The post-war economic recovery and continued growth , added to the new media , meant that the scale of media enterprises grew both absolutely and as a proportion of the whole economy . |
| 10 | In 1990 , men aged 65 years could expect to spend around six months of their 14.2 years of remaining life expectancy in residential care ; for women of the same age this figure was 1.1 remaining years , an amount greater both absolutely and as a proportion of total remaining life expectancy ( table III ) . |
| 11 | The latter has allowed borrowers to take our mortgages that are larger both as a multiple of income and as a proportion of property valuation . |
| 12 | Number of field staff ( local office , fraud and adjudication staff ) and as a proportion of total staff |
| 13 | The replacement of capital has , in the past two years , been low , both , in cash terms and as a proportion of depreciation ! |
| 14 | There is some ‘ outstanding teaching in most subjects in most institutions , but as a proportion of the total teaching effort the amount is comparatively limited ’ . |
| 15 | Since a progressive tax means that the rich pay more , not only in an absolute sense , but as a proportion of their total income , we need to know more than that the marginal rate of tax rises with income . |
| 16 | As a proportion of the total economy , TNC investment is small , but as a proportion in some industries , for example oil , machinery and financial services , it is substantial . |
| 17 | Okay , so we 've been saying that , I mean clearly , I mean that , that 's good evidence to suggest that world trade in absolute terms in agricultural goods is , is increasing , but as a proportion of world trade erm , it 's er , we know , we know that , we know that it , it 's falling . |