Sentences with phrase «cent of the people owned»

In some countries, no more than 8 to 10 per cent of the people owned up to 50 per cent of the land.

Not exact matches

A teacher of religion, for example, must foster in the young people the central Christian experience; hence he ought to be able to help them through his own religious practice without asking them to invent anew everything belonging to the Christian life, which leads to nothing anyhow in ninety - five per cent of the cases.

No one of the 96 per cent of all Americans expressing a religious preference in 1957 could miss the connection that Martin Luther King drew between the God of the Judeo - Christian story and the liberation of black people in our own society.

When allowed to give their own definition of «a good person,» 18 per cent thought they were completely successful; 28 per cent, three quarters; 32 per cent, halfway; and «only 7 per cent admitted they had scaled less than half the pinnacle of virtue.»

«Coles and Woolworths reject the notion they have a strong market position... with over 40 per cent of supermarkets in the case of Woolworths and over 30 per cent for Coles, people can make their own mind up,» Mr Sims said.

«In our colonial and pioneer days, most people raised their own food, but as our nation has become industrialized and urbanized, we find that now only 7 per cent of our population produces the food for our entire nation, and our consumers generally buy their food in stores.

Where would you hold cabinet meetings?In the houses of people cheated and fucked over by the 90 per cent wealth - owning elites who have not got the emotional imagination to envisage what true poverty actually looks / smells / feels like.

53 per cent of voters believe the Conservative party is more interested in helping its own supporters, rather than people generally, compared to 41 per cent for Labour.

Phil Cowan from Landcare Research, a state - owned research agency in Palmerston North, said that 73 per cent of people questioned in a recent survey wanted the possums exterminated and 85 per cent agreed with using contraceptive methods to achieve this.

One study found that when people were able to help themselves to their own meal portions, they spooned out five to 10 per cent less of fragrant - smelling dishes than blander options.

One study found that when people were able to help themselves to their own meal portions, they spooned out five to 10 per cent less of fragrant - smelling dishes compared to blander options.

It also revealed that 22,456 counselling sessions were delivered to young people dealing with thoughts of ending their own lives - a rise of 15 per cent compared to the previous year.

Don't you think there are a large number of other people who might feel the same way about your own book at 1.33 cents per page?

New parents must be cognizant that Canada's maternity leave and parental benefits only pay 55 per cent of a person's income up to $ 537 a week, except in Quebec, which runs its own provincial program.

A survey conducted by Cats Protection and the Mental Health Foundation found that 87 per cent of people who owned a cat felt it had a positive impact on their wellbeing, while 76 per cent said they could cope with everyday life much better thanks to the company of their feline friends.

«We did a lot of research and discovered that about 80 per cent of the people that own a PS4 have never played Uncharted, period,» said Naughty Dog community strategist Eric Monacelli in an interview with MCV from 2015.

Almost 50 per cent of people who have purchased a PS4 didn't own a PS3, and that's lots of people that missed exclusive PS3 titles like The Last of Us, so it's a great way to welcome those people back to PlayStation, saying this is what you missed.

Yes, as much as the total retail cost of included games was little short of $ 50 USD, these fine people believed that gamers were actually no less good - willing than they, and allowed each buyer to set their own price - to as little as 1 cent for the whole pack.

A feature in the Twitch store, which seems to be a direct competitor to Valve's Steam platform, will allow partnered streamers to earn 5 per cent of sales that originate from their channel - kind of like Amazon's own affiliate program, which allows people to earn a small per cent of sales through Amazon links.

So every time you sit on a chair, you pay a micropayment of a thousandth of a cent or so to the person who owns the rights to that chair.

Kinder is owned by a very wealthy person, who may well get tired of this... Pipeline companies can go to China tomorrow and get a 22 - per - cent return,» says Cioni.

New York hip - hop legend 50 Cent may have falsely bragged about owning millions worth of bitcoin but west coast recording artist and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle has been advocating the rising value and expanding importance of cryptocurrencies for years, emphasizing that it's not as complicated as some people suggest.

A recent survey found that nine - in - 10 Ontarians aged 30 to 39 and 88 per cent of those 60 plus, agree or somewhat agree that owning one's own home is more difficult for young people now than it used to be.

By 2006, just under half (47.8 per cent) of people who lived alone in 2006 owned their accommodation, while just over half rented their dwelling.