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Example sentences for "large percentage"

  • In many rural districts of England, France, and Sweden, and even in London and Paris, a large percentage of the marriages are simply legalization of free unions.

  • In short, in all these countries the monogamic ideal is not followed by a large percentage of people.

  • As the line loss of a constant-current system is the same whatever the load that is being operated, this loss may be a large percentage of the total output when the load is light.

  • They also contain a large percentage of the Bulgarian people, although numerous population resettlement movements have contributed to this end.

  • Despite government efforts to secularize the milestones in the life cycle, a large percentage of Bulgarians continue to regard the priest as an essential officiant at baptisms, weddings, and funerals.

  • Even mixtures containing a large percentage of chicory, or other addition, were labeled "Pure Mocha and Java Coffee.

  • Unhulled sweet clover contains a large percentage of hard seeds which will not germinate until they have been in the soil for some time and have been subjected to varying temperatures.

  • A large percentage of the unhulled seed sown in the South is seeded during January and the first part of February.

  • Hulled seed makes up a large percentage of the sweet-clover seed sown.

  • Professor Cope also wrote largely on American fresh-water fishes, a large percentage of the Cyprinidae and Percidae of the eastern United States having been discovered by him, as well as much of the Rocky Mountain fauna.

  • At a moderate depth a large percentage of the fishes are of various shades of red.

  • This group comprises the vast majority of recent fishes, as well as a large percentage of those known only as fossils.

  • One of the most hopeful signs in connection with the work in Brazil is the fact that a large percentage of the members of the churches endeavor to lead others to Christ in a personal way.

  • A large percentage of the churches in Brazil grew out of the fact that a believer moved into a community and began to tell the story of the love of Jesus to his neighbors.

  • A large percentage of them will conduct public services wherever the opportunity can be found.

  • A large percentage of the sterility in the world is due to the results of indiscretions that are the outcome of ignorance.

  • I believe that a large percentage of the objections to the corset originated from women wearing improperly fitted corsets which pushed the organs out of place.

  • The rescue homes in the large cities are full, and often a large percentage of their occupants are from the country.

  • A large percentage of the unhappiness among married couples comes through a misunderstanding of the marital relations.

  • Containing as it does a large percentage of the salts from the vegetables, this water supplies the necessary "seasoning" far better than artificial salt.

  • Quite a large percentage of all persons will find on trial that there is more or less of tenderness upon first making the attempt, or at one time or another, whenever there is any degree of irritation of the stomach.

  • Page 226, which is found in such a large percentage of Shirvans that it is almost typical of them.

  • Such, indeed, is true, when applied to the oldest pieces; but it is not at all true in the case of a large percentage of the modern products.

  • A large percentage of the kilims now sold in this country are Shirvans.

  • This idea is confirmed by their shapes, and by the fact that a large percentage of the pottery handles are useless as aids to suspension or transportation.

  • A large percentage of sand was used in tempering.

  • There is a large percentage of shell, some particles of which are quite large.

  • And in a large percentage of these cases the husband begins to treat his wife with more love, more consideration, and the tie between them becomes more firm, more permanent.

  • The heavy leaves of dark soils contain a large percentage of nitrogen and are charged with nicotine, rendering them unpleasant to the taste and smell, and injurious to the health.

  • There is, in both Cherokee and Clay counties, a large percentage of level land.

  • A large percentage of the tribe denied the validity of the treaty altogether, and only yielded when the force of General Scott’s army was brought to bear, in 1837.

  • As a large percentage of the workers were married women with children they had the time and the opportunity to nurse their children regularly.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "large percentage" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    large and; large area; large brick; large bunch; large bundle; large city; large degree; large estates; large excess; large extent; large fish; large genus; large handful; large lake; large majorities; large number; large ones; large party; large platter; large portion; large room; large salt; large species; large tablespoonful; largely grown; occasion required