Sentences with phrase «at least a third less»

If Djourou is on 20K a eek our total players wage bill should be at least a third less.

The percentage of workers whose wages are at least a third less than the median (# 11.09 an hour) has almost doubled from 12 % in 1977 to 22 % in 2009.

Not exact matches

These bulbs use at least two - thirds less energy than regular lighting, and when coupled with timers or motion sensors that automatically shut off lights when they aren't needed, will significantly reduce your office's carbon footprint.

Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

Dammit, Orioles, why are you still... anyway, even when you get to some of the stragglers in the second wild card, they usually follow a pattern of having at least two solid - to - fantastic starters, though the third one can be a little bit less intimidating.

I know plenty of people who act like they played on their third line during their championship runs and have all of the gear, but I see Pirates stuff at least 50 % less — the Pirates haven't won a division in 25 years.

But seeing as they won't be coming off a huge Champions League win a few days earlier and playing their third game in a week's time, you would at least think Juventus will claim all three points against their lesser - known Bianconeri bretheran.

For example, one study of more than 10,000 third graders showed that the kids who got at least one recess period a day (lasting 15 minutes or longer) had better classroom behavior than those who got less recess time or no recess at all.

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

Less - than - optimal management of childhood asthma is highlighted by the fact that nearly two - thirds of asthmatic children report at least one attack a year.

Their findings showed that, after less than eight years following a diagnosis, approximately one - third of teenagers and young adults with type 1 diabetes and almost 75 percent of those with type 2 diabetes had at least one health complication or comorbidity.

After the researchers corrected for factors such as age and education, they determined that Norwegians who had taken salbutamol at least once in their lives were about one - third less likely to develop Parkinson's disease.

As you're probably aware, Mark Ruffalo will be playing the Hulk (or at least Bruce Banner) in Joss Whedon's The Avengers, which makes him the third actor to portray the character in a span of less than 10 years.

It's hard to imagine a less exciting Lara Croft movie than what directors Simon West and Jan De Bont cooked up at the turn of the century, but «Tomb Raider» 2018 comes worryingly close — especially in its third act — distilling a routinely rousing video game franchise into its least essential cutscenes.

Among schools with enrollments of 1,000 or more, one - third reported at least one serious violent crime, compared with less than one - tenth of schools with fewer than 1,000 students.

Six countries plus Shanghai and Hong Kong had majorities of students performing at least at the proficiency level, while the United States had less than one - third.

Yet even with the expansion of the AP program in recent years, only about a third of American students take at least one exam, and less than a quarter pass at least one test with a score of three or higher.

Nationwide, nearly a third of the alternative - school population attends a school that spends at least $ 500 less per pupil than regular schools do in the same district.

Parents are happier, and the program produces academic achievement at least as good as the district schools at less than one third their cost.

While a new plant at a greenfield site typically represents an investment of at least $ 1 billion, Tesla probably has less than one - third that amount tied up in Fremont.

If your account is still owned by the original creditor and was not sold to a third party, you should know that the creditor will be less likely to begin to negotiate a settlement for the debt until you are at least 60 to 90 days past due on the account.

Study: Online accounts often go unchecked for fraud — Americans regularly check their bank account and credit card statements for suspicious activity, but less than a third check various online accounts at least once a month, a study by credit bureau Experian finds... (more)

Defining the warmest third by 5 and 6, based on 1951 - 1980, the die are now loaded in such a way that 5 and 6 occur twice as often as they would when unloaded, at least on average when you consider large numbers of locations together statistically, because some would be less loaded and some more.

Globally, forest cover is at least one - third less than what it once was.

The second and third features are perhaps less game - changing, but could give some advantage, at least in the short term.

Today, approximately 41 percent of children are born to unmarried parents and nearly one - third of children live apart from at least one of their biological parents.1 These changes in family structure are cause for concern because unmarried fathers have no automatic legal ties to their children, and children living apart from at least one parent are considerably more likely to live in poverty and spend less time with the noncustodial parent.2

The median reflects a wide spectrum; one - third of homes purchased in July were on the market for less than a month, while one in five was on the market for at least six months.

One - third of U.S. mortgages taken out in the U.S. in 2005 and 2006 were in negative equity positions before house prices dropped, and at least half of the mortgages had less that 5 per cent equity, making them extremely vulnerable to even a small drop in prices.

Two - thirds (66 percent) of sellers change their list price at least once, but less than half (39 percent) change the price two or more times.