Sentences with phrase «larger percentages said»

Larger percentages said they had contributed to religious, health, human - services, and youth - development causes.

When students were asked about their frameworks for thinking about careers, the largest percentage said they wanted to pursue jobs they enjoyed.

Not exact matches

Both companies claim relatively large percentages of drivers are part - time: Lyft says 80 percent of theirs drive 15 hours or less, while Uber says 60 percent of their drive 10 hours or less.

Irving says it'll work with a «large percentage» of them, but the biggest networks still tend to be protective over their most popular material, and that isn't changing here.

«We felt very strongly, that as a company, especially as an employer with 50,000 people with a large percentage of them Hispanic - Americans and African - Americans who were in pain, that it was definitely a work issue,» she said.

The largest percentage of respondents (45 %) said they were not sure how they felt about Cuban, making him still relatively unknown to a plurality of respondents.

«If Yahoo wants to continue to be a destination for a large percentage of Internet users, they need to invest where those users are going today,» Spain says.

«I think it's logical to say that they're not necessarily seeking out all of the relevant information,» Jackson said of the large percentage of doctors unfamiliar with many aspects of the exchanges.

Schaaf and Strader partnered with online advertising firm Rubicon Project, which they said has brought in dozens of new ad channels and makes up the largest percentage of their overall revenue.

Defence Minister Jason Kenney chimed in via Twitter: «Small business are the heroes of our economy, but J Trudeau says «a large percentage» are just tax dodges for the rich.»

However, saying «a large percentage» do so is open to debate.

«Given the large numbers at play, it is going to take meaningful time to see big numbers in terms of board diversity percentages but the pace of change is accelerating,» said Cassidy, whose Boardlist now has nearly 4,000 members.

«Sequoia continued to buy when I felt it was an extremely risky investment and way too large a percentage of our portfolio,» Osberg said.

Mr Warne said after consulting with shareholders and proxy advisers Macquarie had added disclosures around pay to its annual report and argued a large percentage of the executive's quantum of pay was retained for up to seven years.

«The largest cuts, in dollars and as a percentage of after - tax income, would accrue to higher - income households,» TPC said.

Large percentages of financial advisors recruited to independent broker - dealers (IBD) are as likely to come from the insurance distribution channel as they are from big wirehouses, a financial industry expert said.

Studies have shown a fairly large percentage of employees are stressed about their financial situation, and worried about not having enough money to retire, said Todd Saulnier, vice-chair of the national policy committee at the Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM) in Halifax.

Another thing to consider: The deposits at traditional banks contain a much larger percentage of checking accounts, rather than savings accounts, Fitch analysts say.

A typical assets fee, Ke says, is 1 % of the first $ 1 million and a declining percentage of larger amounts.

«It's worrisome that such a large percentage of Americans have so little set aside in a savings account,» says Cameron Huddleston, a personal finance analyst for the site.

Hispanics also had larger percentage declines in household wealth than white, black or Asian households from 2005 to 2009.5 Poverty and unemployment also grew more sharply for Latinos than for non-Latinos after the Great Recession began, and most Hispanics say that the economic downturn was harder on them than on other groups.6

Said absolution will not erase the significant sin of stupidity as a great percentage of abortions are the result of not taking the Pill daily as spelled out in large letters on the package and / or not using a condom.

We in America, a large percentage of us, do not trust what you say.

«Distant fathers and overprotective mothers are extremely common in American society,» Justin explains, «so this allows a larger percentage of gay people to say, «Hey that sounds like me!»

They are, as a group, critical of counter-terrorism measures imposed since the terror attacks and a large percentage distrust the FBI, the report said.

To say he can't worry about a large percentage of the country bothers me, as well as it should bother any other American.

«We'll run a 30 - day harvest, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,» he says, noting that a large percentage of its products are sold to craft brewers, including Lagunitas Brewing Co., Bear Republic Brewing Co., Victory Brewing Co. and MillerCoors LLC.

«When I first started growing potatoes, the percentage was much larger than it is today and everybody seems to be able to justify a larger share leaving the grower with much less at the end,» Geoff says.

Glad also to have the truth of what I was saying about percentage, 88 % on larger fan polls than this one, wanting him out, is confirmed.

Now I am not saying he is lying, because I am sure that the fans that did «stick with the team throughout» probably were there just for the fun BUT there wasn't a very large percentage of fans left at the end of the game....

They have much more defending to do so I think it's fair to say that they will attempt a much larger percentage of tackles than ourselves.

A too - large percentage of the respondents, 20 % of those women who had a partner or a husband, said that their significant others gave them affection, enjoyment, emotional or practical support either not at all, or only for short bursts.

The Abbey Group is large enough to be able to buy large quantities of food at competitive prices and distribute it to various schools — and is already sourcing 30 percent of its food regionally, from Vermont and New Hampshire; the percentage goes up to 40, Hansen said, if milk is included.

I might have resisted becoming an all - access pacifier to my infant if I'd known this: My preschooler actually spends a fairly large percentage of the night in deep sleep, says Dr. Owens.

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Without having actual statistics from 2016, the newest being released for the calendar year 2015, it is safe to say that national Amber Alerts were instrumental in returning a large percentage of missing children to their parents.

«With his limited resources, and he has limited resources, he's going to focus on trying to get the city vote out and make it a larger percentage of the overall turnout,» said Martucci.

It may be churlish to say, but a large percentage of the electorate really are more interested in the X-Factor and the Great British Bake Off than matters of state.

I suppose that for the large percentage of Americans whose taxes are fairly simple, they could give you a pre-filled form that you can just check a box saying «yup, that's all the relevant information», sign it and send it back.

Clinton said other necessary reforms include proper treatment for the mentally ill and drug addicted who make up an increasingly larger percentage of the prison population, sentencing reform so people with low level offenses do not face long prison terms, and tackling income inequality, which is often at the root of the problem for many people caught in the criminal justice system.

At the celebration, which involved various stakeholders including Justice Development and Peace Initiative (JDPI), Adesua said government took the step as part of measures aimed at ensuring that large percentage of Ekiti residents are accessible to safe water.

Schumer said it's clear that state and local taxpayers would end up paying a larger percentage of the costs for Interstate 81 in Syracuse if Congress goes along with the proposal.

«I say to my Republican friends from suburban districts with a high percentage of people who use the state and local deduction: If you think the results in Virginia and New Jersey were terrible for you, wait until you've passed a bill that raises taxes on large swaths of middle - class families in your districts,» he said on the Senate floor.

«My colleagues and I know that many of our constituents are calling for a larger percentage of units and deeper affordability levels — and we will get there in East New York through city subsidies,» he said.

«This issue of contracts not being signed by the beginning of school has traditionally always been an issue and as deputy chancellor under the former administration, I can tell you that we certainly started school with a large percentage of contracts that we knew were going to be signed off ultimately, but we not signed off at that time,» said Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

Dan Aug, a spokesman for Mr. Levy, said in a statement that he believed the tax should be handled on a town - by - town basis, since some towns have a larger percentage of students attending state community colleges outside their home county.

«Astorino is afraid to debate me because he knows a large percentage of New Yorkers are progressive,» Hawkins said.

Ochre use became widespread in the Middle Stone Age, a period of about 50,000 to 280,000 years ago, and during this time, Hodgskiss says, «there seems to be a preference for red — a larger percentage of the ochre used was red.

Proponents say hemp could meet an increasingly larger percentage of our domestic fiber and fuel needs.

«Cervical cancer patients are currently treated as a uniform group based on chemotherapy and radiation regimens that help the largest percentage of people; however, one third of these patients are not helped by standard therapies,» Banister said.