In 2009,however, a significantly higher proportion than in previous years say freedom and peace are the greatest personal benefits they expect from democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Mexicans comprise a large proportion of the more than 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

unemployment rate for March. The proportion of jobless Americans has risen steadily since the United States sank into a recession more than a year ago.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

India,like several Asian countries, holds relatively little gold in proportion to its foreign exchange reserves.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

But low-income neighborhoods the government wants targeted generally have a higher proportion of minorities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

"What we found is that women who received the acupuncture for depression had a greater reduction in symptom severity and a greater proportion of women have responded to treatment than the control groups."

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

"because the virus can spread rapidly, but what we're seeing so far is a pretty stable position as far as the virus is concerned, it's producing relatively mild illness in most people, but in a small proportion it's causing serious problems and we have in place the plans in our health care system to deal with those problems,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.31