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Many women and children in the north of Sudan spend a large portion of their day finding enough water to keep themselves and their animals alive.

We have had to lay off a significant portion of our employees due to the downturn in the economy.

An epidemic of smallpox resulted in the death of a substantial portion of the native population of this country.

The eastern portion of Pakistan seceded in 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh.

The Middle East supplies a major portion of the oil that Japan consumes.

Your ability to retire in comfort may depend on how wisely you invest a portion of your income during your working years.

Your ability to retire in comfort may depend on how wisely you invest a portion of your income during your working years.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated that the only gift is a portion of thyself.

Some couples count all their expenses to make sure that each person pays his portion.

Wales occupies the western, and smallest portion of the island of Britain.

William Wordsworth wrote that the best portion of a good man's life are his little, nameless, un-remembered acts of kindness and of love.

Your ability to retire in comfort may depend on how wisely you invest a portion of your income during your working years.

A significant portion of the population of Quebec wants to separate from Canada, and form their own country.

In Japan, some restaurants serve smaller portions to women even though the charge is the same as a men's portion.

He gives a small portion of his earnings to charity every payday.

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