Below you will find example sentences with "large portion". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Large Portion in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: portion
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 24
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.3 words

Words in this phrase

large portion

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • large can mean: Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. Common word
  • portion can mean: An allocated amount. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a large portion of the 2× a large portion of demonstrators 1× a large portion of southeast 1× a large portion of university 1× a very large portion of the 1× because a large portion of their 1× divert a large portion of the 1× doubtless a large portion will be 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a large portion 5× a leaked copy 1× a very large 1× able bodied jews 1× and trump himself 1× as a holdings 1×

Common sentence endings:

a nervous standstill 1× apollo already has 1× areas of fields 1× be a nightmare 1× by natural causes 1× exceptional drought conditions 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

north 2× west 2× minutes 2× played 2× wearing 2× region 2× work 2× areas 2× university 2× students 2× population 2× colorado 2×

Related phrases

large amounts significant portion large crowd large crowds large amount large files large part small portion large cap large firms

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around portion:

significant portion 14× small portion 9× lower portion 7× upper portion 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

large part large firms large files large extent large crowds large crowd

Just after it in the phrase index:

large pot largely dependent largest city largest economy largest exporter largest holding

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

large amounts large crowd large crowds large amount large files large part

Same ending:

significant portion small portion lower portion upper portion

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "large portion" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 25.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a large portion of the, a large portion of demonstrators, north, west and minutes stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with large amounts, significant portion, large crowd, significant portion, small portion and lower portion, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with large portion

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

A large portion of the films on this list have survivalist themes. (12 words)

A large portion of southeast Colorado remains under severe, extreme, and exceptional drought conditions. (14 words)

And Trump himself is full pardons for “a large portion” of January 6 convicts. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Durant, who led the NBA in minutes played for a large portion of this season, played 30 of a possible 36 minutes through the first three quarters as the Nets built a lead that ballooned as large at 20 in the third period. (43 words)

The PSP attracted a significant portion of veteran gamers in North America and was very popular in Japan, though a large portion of its visual novels and anime -based games have never been localized in the west. (37 words)

Able-bodied Jews, separated according to sex, will be taken in large work columns to these areas for work on roads, in the course of which action doubtless a large portion will be eliminated by natural causes. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

The PSP attracted a significant portion of veteran gamers in North America and was very popular in Japan, though a large portion of its visual novels and anime -based games have never been localized in the west.

Durant, who led the NBA in minutes played for a large portion of this season, played 30 of a possible 36 minutes through the first three quarters as the Nets built a lead that ballooned as large at 20 in the third period.

The characters in spend a large portion of the movie wearing large diving suits and wearing one of those with long hair just feels like it would be a nightmare.

Last but not least, large ocean swells will threaten mariners in that region and for a large portion of the East Coast.

Able-bodied Jews, separated according to sex, will be taken in large work columns to these areas for work on roads, in the course of which action doubtless a large portion will be eliminated by natural causes.

A large portion of university students live off-campus, as the university is located in a large metropolitan area and has beds for less than 10% of its undergraduate population in residence halls and single student apartments.

They managed to divert a large portion of the Cuauhtitlan River to provide irrigation to large areas of fields.

A large portion of demonstrators were dressed in all black at the request of organizers including GHS students and Loyal Terry `23.

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A large portion of southeast Colorado remains under severe, extreme, and exceptional drought conditions.

A large portion of the films on this list have survivalist themes.

A large portion of the population operates within the informal sector, where cash remains the primary mode of transaction.

A leaked copy of a new and more restrictive Open Gaming License has put a large portion of the thriving ecosystem surrounding into a nervous standstill.

All of this is particularly bad for Grayscale's Ethereum Classic Trust () because the trust has such a large portion of the total ETC outstanding.

And Trump himself is full pardons for “a large portion” of January 6 convicts.

As a holdings company, they make a large portion of its revenues by acquiring companies and expanding the platform that Apollo already has.

As noted, Salt Valley Wash originates to the west and north of Delicate Arch and drains a large portion of the Devils Garden, and the Fiery Furnace.

Avdiivka has been a front line city since 2014, when Moscow-backed separatists seized a large portion of the Donbas region.

A very large portion of the total addressable market has signed up for and engaged with Peacock in some way since the launch.

Because a large portion of their production will now come from the Permian, they will probably lose some of the "Colorado discount" that they were burdened with, further helping their upside.

Centralized exchanges generate a large portion of their revenue from the fees that they charge to execute transactions such as trading and withdrawals.

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