Sentences with phrase «around a quarter fewer»

The result was quite predictable — around a quarter fewer trade unionists opted in to the political levy, though the impact on Labour's finances was mitigated in part by unions raising the affiliation fee for those who continued to pay into the political fund.

Testicular tissue exposed to painkillers in a culture dish had around a quarter fewer sperm - producing cells after exposure to paracetamol or ibuprofen.

Not exact matches

Just a few weeks after the market finally had come around to the Fed's way of thinking that three quarter - point rate hikes would be appropriate this year, the day's trading changed sentiment.

The pull in the first quarter likely came from the opening of MGM Cotai and fewer construction projects around Cotai as finishing touches are put on new resorts.

CPI inflation was 2.6 per cent over the year to the December quarter but as noted above, the Bank's assessment is that underlying inflation was around 2 1/4 per cent, similar to the previous few quarters.

Even in the United States, economic performance has remained mediocre, with growth hovering around 1.5 % for the last few quarters.

Unit labour costs (based on compensation per hour worked) grew by 1.3 per cent in the June quarter to be 2.8 per cent higher over the year, which is around the average growth rate of the past few years.

They turned it around immediately in the second half and went on a scoring barrage, totaling 33 points in the third quarter, just four fewer than they scored in the first two frames combined.

And while around three quarters of the 2013 respondents had been encouraged to engage in personal and career development, fewer than a fifth reported participating in any formal training in career management, even though more than half said they wished to do so.

Around back, the taillights are high gloss in nature and are integrated into the rear quarters almost seamlessly while the rear fascia has a few gentle lines to give the rear end a little more character.

A few muscled guys and a pale, fragile - looking girl sat around the kitchen table flipping quarters into a glass.

Despite this, around half of indie authors reported to have sold fewer than 1,000 e-books, (with 75 % selling less than 5,000), and only a quarter said they were looking for a deal with a big publishing house.

Last few quarters, we have seen RBI cutting interest rates and the 10 year G - sec is around 7.5 %, so new TFBs may offer interest rates of around 6.5 % to 7 %.

I think HDFC bank charges few hundreds rupees (around Rs 200) per quarter to maintain ISA, and I do nt think they offer Direct plans of Mutual Fund schemes.

But since models are never Real World, the software (the Linked Returns spreadsheets you get that calculate the actual returns) mechanically rebalances at the end of every quarter, even if only a few bucks moves around.

There, for a few quarters, you could see rats riding cats around racetracks, dancing elephants, boxing kangaroos, juggling sea lions and monkeys displaying an array of talents.

Enjoy a pintxos and wine tour around the old quarter, poke your head around a few of the 100 bar doors and you'll see the most incredible display of tapas you'll ever see.

Only taking by walk a few minute stroll to wander around Hanoi city because Huonggiang Hotel is located between Old Quarter and French Quarter.

An early arcade game offered a similar approach: side - scrolling beat - em - ups were certainly the rage around this time, and I remember pumping at least a few quarters into this game back in the day.

I stopped being a developer around a quarter of a century ago and have seen so many changes since then, with most of the exciting ones happening in the last few years,» said Ahmad.

Further, because they are short - lived, these sulfate dimming effects really only can be expected to operate over in a few isolated areas around land - based industrial areas, limiting their effect on global temperatures since they effect only a quarter or so of the globe.

That's somewhere around 40 - 41 million iPhone shipments for the quarter, with some analysts — notably, Above Avalon's Neil Cybart, at 38.8 million — expecting fewer.

If anyone can turn that around, it's got to be Lenovo, and the Chinese giant says that won't take more than a few quarters.

OnePlus 6 is supposed to launch in the second quarter of 2018 and already we have seen quite a few leaks around the phone.