RI began as a niche investment area, serving the needs of those who wished to invest but wanted to do so within ethically defined parameters.In recent years it has become a much larger proportion of the investment market....
The poor cannot afford to spare so large a fraction of their incomes.The wealthy can in many cases give away a much larger proportion without feeling particularly stinted....
Francis Galton showed clearly the havoc wrought in the English peerage, by marriages with heiresses (an heiress there being nearly always an only child).Such women were childless in a much larger proportion than ordinary women."Marrying a man to reform him" is a speculation in which many women have indulged and usually -- it may be said without fear of contradiction -- with unfortunate results....
The marriage instantly reignited Henry's tensions with Louis: the marriage was considered an insult, it ran counter to feudal practice and it threatened the inheritance of Louis and Eleanor's two daughters, who might otherwise have had claims to Aquitaine on Eleanor's death.With his new lands, Henry now possessed a much larger proportion of France than Louis....
The records of infant mortality offer a melancholy illustration of the necessity of the mother's previous preparation for the care of her children.The first-born die in infancy in much larger proportion than their successors in the family....
Above 5000 wounded men, demanding instant and constant attendance, made a call too great to be met successfully.A much larger proportion of amputations was performed than would have been necessary if the wounds could have received earlier attention.On account of exposures, many wounds were gangrenous when the patients reached the hospital....
One-year changes are less common than four-year changes and are probably tied to variation in local climatic conditions.Four-year early and late emergences are common and involve a much larger proportion of the population than one-year changes....
For this reason, African males had disproportionate numbers in the Argentine war of independence from Spain.A much larger proportion of men of African descent were killed in the war than men of Spanish descent.An Afro-Argentine had less chance of survival if free than if enslaved: slaves were seen as investments and taken good care of, while free Afro-Argentines were left with menial jobs for low pay, or forced to become beggars....
A much larger proportion than is found in most other industrial manual occupations are natives of the city.Although some of the work is relatively unskilled, all of the different occupations have one common characteristic -- the necessity for a knowledge of the English language and some acquaintance with local customs and conditions....
It had come to him before the Revolution, and can be traced back to the early days when he was making surveys, buying wild lands, and meditating very deeply, but very practically, on the possible commercial development of the colonies.Now the idea assumed much larger proportions and a much graver aspect....
Consequently, as I have shown, he has a much larger proportion of Eastern elements than Phaedrus.There can be little doubt that the Ass in the Lion's Skin is from India....
Hence Dr. Macculloch recommends the addition of super-tartrate of potash, in the manufacture of British wines.They also contain a much larger proportion of mucilage than wines made from grapes....
Next day the dead brother was removed from the living one, but it was too late to save him, and the poor boy died that morning.Sherburne says that only five of his crew of thirteen survived, and that in many instances a much larger proportion died....
In the north-west corner of the city is a higher wall enclosing a large space and forming the citadel and Anderun, in which the Amir and part of his family reside.There are three large towers to each side of the quadrangle, the centre tower to the south being of much larger proportions than the others.A lower outer wall surrounds the higher one, and in the large tower is the entrance gate to the Governor's citadel....
The prefrontal cortex carries out functions that include planning, working memory, motivation, attention, and executive control.It takes up a much larger proportion of the brain for primates than for other species, and an especially large fraction of the human brain.The functions of the brain depend on the ability of neurons to transmit electrochemical signals to other cells, and their ability to respond appropriately to electrochemical signals received from other cells....
It is not common to meet with a very fine animal of the native breed.In America, land is so plenty and so cheap, that we keep a much larger proportion of brute force than is kept here.It is not uncommon with us to meet with those who live by day's work, using either oxen or horses....
