1.   A significant proportion of drivers fail to keep to speed limits.

2.   A significant proportion of the elderly are dependent on the basic state pension.

3.   A significant proportion of these younger interviewees, both male and female, simply ignored the knowledge beginning to accumulate.

4.   But whether a significant proportion actually behave like Yuppies is another matter.

5.   By failing to provide stories for a significant proportion of the population, are they not digging themselves a grave?

6.   By the early nineties a significant proportion of young radicals had adopted Marxist ideas.

7.   Conversely, a significant proportion of the companies operating in this country are off-shoots of enterprises whose head offices are situated abroad.

8.   In particular it provided flexibility by including a significant proportion of short term placements.