Sentences with phrase «cent of the time more»

While it doesn't have the full dose of charisma of its V8 counterparts, it's willing and extremely muscular and 95 per cent of the time more pleasant to live with.

Not exact matches

In many cases the costs of use and adoption have a lot more to do with the calculated allocation of scarce personal time and precious resources rather than with just dollars and cents.

Perhaps more importantly, if we take his new statements literally he is now predicting that installation of a Tory government will immediately cause the economy to grow at an absurd 10 per cent per year, 5 times the current rate by implementing only three - tenths of the Million Jobs Plan.

According to AAA, the average cost of a gallon of unleaded regular is about 25 cents more than this time last year.

The World's first Sunday paper contained only four pages — half the size of its Saturday edition — but cost five times the price of its weekday penny paper, and 2 cents more than popular Saturday papers published by The Globe and The Mail.

The 2016 figures showed a further worsening of Hong Kong's wealth gap, as the richest 10 per cent of households - with a median monthly income of HK$ 112,450 - earned 44 times more than the poorest 10 per cent making an average of HK$ 2,560.

The suggested fixes include capping loans at 65 per cent of the home value, introducing new and more conservative means of estimating how much a residence is worth, and amortizing the loans (meaning that borrowers would have to repay the principal within a certain time frame, as in a mortgage, whereas now they can simply keep paying interest on their HELOCs).

According to the Growing Gap, a study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, «In 2004, the richest 10 per cent of families raising children earned 82 times more than the poorest 10 per cent — almost triple the ratio of 1976, when they earned 31 times more.»

The chain's current value menu, dubbed «Why Pay More,» includes items originally priced at 79 cents, 89 cents and 99 cents, though those prices have largely increased to well north of a dollar over time.

Last month, Air Canada said more than 80 per cent of its planes arrived on time.

At the same time, some 70 per cent of government - issued bonds are yielding 1 per cent or less, and when you combine the equity / bond value of the 15 largest global markets they've never been more expensive.

The ASX 200 is currently 3 per cent below its 2002 high, while the broader All Ordinaries index (which includes more companies and does not adjust the weights of companies for their «free float») reached a new all - time high during March.

The previous Liberal government having increased spending 47 per cent in its last six years in office; the Conservatives having increased spending another 19 per cent in its first three years («good times»), and a further 20 per cent over the next two («bad times»); after doubling spending, in short, in the space of a decade, the government's notion of restraint is more or less to leave it there.

While a low unemployment rate can indicate tight labour - market conditions, the 2017 average hourly wage of full - time and part - time employees combined grew by only 1.7 per cent — the lowest year - over-year growth since 1998 and more or less at the same rate as consumer price inflation.

More importantly, the vast majority of job gains (93 per cent) were in full - time positions.

While the reported number of vacancies declined in the June quarter, the series has trended upwards for some time and in the June quarter was still more than 10 per cent higher than a year earlier.

The Mayors» Council Plan will cut traffic congestion by 20 per cent, shortening commute times by an average of 20 to 30 minutes per day, and give 70 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents more frequent transit service.

Indeed, in the last six months of the study, «62 per cent of Housing First (HF) participants were housed all of the time... whereas 31 per cent of treatment as usual (TAU) participants were housed all the time...» Further, «Among participants who were housed, housing quality was usually better and more consistent in HF residences than TAU residences.»

For the record, those bottles of hot sauce will set you back around $ 1.59 at the store, while the 6 - ounce can of tomato paste required for this recipe is only 59 cents — and you end up with more than three times the amount of sauce.

The panel said it was «strongly of the view that unacceptable circumstances had occurred» after Saputo raised its bid to $ 9.20 a share, while at the same time WCB withdrew the payment of special dividends if the Canadian company's stake reached more than 50 per cent.

That means it has even outpaced the remarkable rise of other infant formula producers, both big and small, such as Bubs Australia, which has risen more than four times to 83 cents in the same period, Bellamy's which has rallied from $ 3.81 to $ 18.30 and The A2 Milk Company, which has flown from $ 2.44 to $ 12.11.

For the first time ever Australia's two largest supermarkets have more than 50 per cent of Australia's fresh meat market.

One particular study found that levels of the extremely toxic metal, cadmium, were 48 per cent lower in organically grown produce, and pesticide residues were four times more likely to be found in conventionally grown crops.

this might be the first time since they had stanley matthews in their team that a stoke side can claim to have more accomplished ball players than arsenal... basically this is the opportunity for walcott and chamberlain to prove doubters wrong... but its going to take a hundred per cent effort to get something out of this

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

They had 68 per cent possession against Swansea, 23 shots to the visitors» eight, made more than double the number of passes, delivered close to four times as many crosses into the box — and yet they lost.»

In it, the newspaper is critical of those, like the School Nutrition Association (which represents school food directors), who worry that the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 is underfunded and that schools will not be able to meet its mandates without more time and more money than the six cent increase allowed by Congress.

37.10 per cent of respondents believed their children enjoy spending more time with their mum whilst 34 per cent felt their child enjoyed spending more time with their dad

So if you'd like to put in your own two cents to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors or Mayor Newsom, you now have a bit more time.

People unconsciously recognise that the baton is being handed to them when the speaker gazes over more than 80 per cent of the time at the listener, when the speaker trails off, or when the speaker says a turn - ender such as «you know» or «isn't it?»

By that time too, 67per cent of the public believed the government should have done more to prevent a war over the Falklands.

Scottish first time voters in this poll appear to be considerably more politically engaged: 62 per cent of respondents aged 17 - 21 in Scotland said they would definitely vote, just ahead of the British average across all age groups.

And if that person is Jeremy Corbyn, with a YouGov poll for The Times finding that Corbyn would beat Andy Burnham, by 53 % per cent to 47 % the final round of voting, then the Labour party will descend into a civil war accompanied by a gleeful right wing press continually raising the ghosts of Michael Foot, Tony Benn and other more recent signifiers of Labour's «hard left» history.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

What we can see, however, is that a 30 % Labour lead has shrunk to ten per cent - that's a big swing, only a small part of which is explained by the Tories fielding more candidates this time around.

Advocate for perhaps 48 per cent of the nation, probably a few less now but possibly more in time.

Second and third - choice votes can become crucial in several rounds of voting, with one candidate dropping out each time until somebody gets more than 50 per cent.

From 2001 - 2010, Europe attracted 25 per cent of all Chinese outbound trips, but the UK did not benefit from this: France got eight times more visitors from China than the UK, and Germany six times more.

At the other end of distribution, ten per cent of full time employees earned more than # 27.02 an hour — also a 1.5 % increase.

However, shadow Commons leader Theresa May warned that with only 20 per cent non-political members, the reforms would «put parties even more in control of the upper House and risk the independence that has seen it defeat the government 415 times».

More than 70 per cent of the prison population has two or more mental health disorders, and the suicide rate in prisons is almost 15 times higher than in the general populatMore than 70 per cent of the prison population has two or more mental health disorders, and the suicide rate in prisons is almost 15 times higher than in the general populatmore mental health disorders, and the suicide rate in prisons is almost 15 times higher than in the general population.

Just recently, the Watertown Daily Times reported efforts are underway by St. Lawrence County and Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority to entice Canadian business and show that it is more cost - efficient for many Canadian businesses to manufacture their products here à cents â «¬ â $ œ these are exactly the kinds of steps we need to take to strengthen our local economy, and I will champion these efforts in Congress.

They are shocked that, the acting Executive Director, announced 66,000 names on the payroll, saying arrangements made after the discovery of the GH cents 107 million ghost names scandal, reduced the number of personnel on the scheme to not more than 45,000 names at a time.

They will do all these to pass the time and by the time we are done with this chaotic cycle of palaver, more than 90 per cent of the election time would have been frittered and the election date, close.

For the first time, more English people than Scots back Alex Salmond's move to break up Britain — 25 per cent compared with 23 per cent — and while support for the policy has been declining over the years north of the Border, the opposite is true in England.»

72 per cent of British adults believe Ed Miliband should spend more time outlining what Labour would do in government if they won the next General Election, according to an ITV News Index poll.

«The reaction time of drivers participating in either a hand - held or hands - free conversation was more than 40 per cent longer than those not using a phone.

At time of writing, the virus had not become more severe, causing mild disease in most sufferers but making a small number — probably less than 1 per cent — extremely ill.

A six - year study of nearly half a million people in the UK has found that those who are night owls were 10 per cent more likely to die during that time period.

But when Hugues Sana of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and colleagues looked at 71 stars with masses greater than 15 times that of our sun, they found that more than 70 per cent revolve with a companion in a binary system (Science, doi.org/h4k).