Sentences with phrase «cent of time spent»

Companies have worked with universities to design the degrees, which combine chunks of study time at university, practical experience at work — a minimum of 30 hours a week with 20 per cent of time spent learning off the job.

In 2013 - 14, 90 per cent of time spent on vocational topics came as a result of backbench debate, up from a third in the three years to 2013.

Not exact matches

The Tampa Bay Times, for instance, reported that Kids Wish Network was spending less than 3 cents of every donated dollar on the children it promises to provide for.

It's great that you're so committed to your workout routine, but if you're spending all your free time sprinting and lifting you're not giving your body enough time to recover and rebuild, which can increase your risk of injury and actually hinder your progress, explains Jay Cardiello, a fitness and nutrition expert who has sculpted the bodies of some of the music scene's biggest superstars, including 50 Cent and J.Lo.

So the budding entrepreneur spent his free time cranking out pages of repentant prose and then selling those sentences to troublemakers for 10 cents a pop.

Professor Scarthe also recommends that, once the deficit is eliminated in 2015 - 16, any future government should gradually start creating a deficit by, for example, spending on infrastructure and this could be done while at the same time maintaining a stable debt to GDP ratio of around 25 per cent over the medium to longer term.

80 per cent of an apprentice's time is spent on the job.

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.

Retail sales rose by 2.7 per cent in January and, although this may have partly reflected a change in the timing of consumer spending around year end, the stronger January level was broadly maintained in February and March.

The result for the month of June, a fall of 0.8 per cent, incorporates a substantial decline in spending in department stores; this may partly reflect recent changes to the timing of mid-year sales, as there was a similar fall recorded the previous June, followed by a strong bounce - back the next month (Graph 13).

At the same time, without a sizable improvement in the efficiency of our health - care system, real health - care spending is set to increase at 3.5 per cent a year, with about 1 per cent coming from technology - driven improvements in quality of care and 2.5 per cent a year from the direct effects of population aging.

So have Volkswagen AG and Thomson Reuters Corp.; Mr. O'Sullivan is spending 20 per cent of his time working on these new giant customer leads.

Watching TV specials will take up most of the day, said over a third, whilst 17 per cent admitted that the kids will usually spend their time on tablets, phones and games consoles.

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

My favorite diapers are my homemade prefolds from receiving blankets... at about 10 cents each (plus 10 - 15 minutes of pinning / sewing) I would feel guilty about spending 50 - 100 + times that amount on just one diaper!

Data from comScore recently revealed that, in the U.S., social media accounts for 20 per cent of total time spent online.

It found 90 per cent of respondents admitted they spent too much time hanging out at home or with their friends because of the lack of opportunities available.

When I was in office, I spent 30 - 40 per cent of my time watching out for corrupt or corruptible indications or behaviour or lifestyles.

So, for example, when Tony Blair committed the New Labour government to raise UK health spending to the EU average (from about five per cent of GDP to about eight per cent at the time) that was a significant commitment.

Despite significant cost pressures on local government, our relentless pursuit of value for money has meant that we have cut council spending by # 7 million (or 4 per cent) in cash terms, cut the workforce by 18 per cent (or 950 full - time equivalent employees) and cut the council's debt by # 20 million.

With 53 per cent of small business owners saying that they spend between one and six hours per week chasing late payments, firms can take control by: Making sure there is a contract in place which confirms payment times and then penalties if payment is late — such as interest charges Offering a discount for prompt payment, dependent on the relationship with the purchaser Asking for payment up - front, or a deposit before work begins Talking to the purchaser before shipment to make sure that all sides know payment terms John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said: «There are always going to be companies that pay late, but there are steps that businesses can put in place to make sure that they don't fall foul of the issue.

The post also went on to list 10 Trump administration's major successes, adding «while the media spent 90 per cent of the time focused on negative coverage or fake news, the President has been getting results».

By the time Labour entered office in 1997 this figure had fallen to just 35 per cent but by 2009, after a decade of increased spending and focus on targets to reduce waiting times, satisfaction stood at a record high of 64 per cent.

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.

«It seems like you're spending a lot of time coming up with really different methodologies to count a few dollars and cents,» said Annaka Peterson, a program officer at Oxfam America who focuses on efforts by communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change.

Non-autistic children spent 60 per cent of their time searching the target - rich half, compared with 45 per cent for those with autism.

IBS accounts for 10 per cent of visits to GP surgeries and the condition has a significant and escalating burden on society as a consequence of lost work days and time spent on regular hospital appointments.

Baboons, meanwhile, live in groups of 50 or more and can spend as much as 20 per cent of their time grooming.

You can already see hints of this from the Gravity Tank survey: app users spend about 25 per cent less time reading newspapers, watching TV or using a computer since they started using apps.

British analyst Chris Goodall, author of How to Live a Low - Carbon Life, did not get down to the top 1 per cent, but he did find that the top 10 per cent in the UK spend nearly 6 times as much each week as the bottom 10 per cent.

Studies have shown that up to seventy per cent of parents of children with ADHD report that the children have difficulty falling asleep and that they spend a long time putting them to bed.

But sharks exposed to the highest level of carbon dioxide spent just 15 per cent of their time in the squid - scented stream.

«Media multitasking» — the simultaneous use of several different media, such as TV, internet, video games and text messaging — is clearly on the rise, according to a 2006 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, with 26 per cent of media time spent multitasking.

Fashion sales up but future looks gloomy (Times Online) «Sales of clothes, shoes and textiles were 9.5 per cent higher than in April last year, the biggest annual rise since July last year... Analysts said that retailers would struggle to keep up the momentum as households faced sluggish earnings growth and political uncertainty as well as tax rises and spending cuts.»

Without spending just one cent, you'll find a large number of black men online through white women for black men online dating sites in present - time.

A survey by Florida - based Avalanche LLC - which operates international sites date.com, matchmaker.com and amor.com - found that 48 per cent of respondents were spending more time online or on the phone with a potential date before spending cash on a face - to - face meeting.

If Irish men had more time every day, 34 per cent would choose to spend it with friends over a partner and Michael D Higgins topped the list of people to hang out with, beating off stiff competition from actor Colin Farrell, sports hero Brian O'Driscoll and One Direction's Niall Horan.

Modern children spend, on average, just 9 per cent of their time outside, a lot less than previous generations.

«Unfortunately, at this time of growth the local authority has completely withdrawn support, so approximately 30 per cent of my time is now spent dealing with HR.

With over 47 per cent of project funds across 82 per cent of participating schools spent on teacher release - and only a very small portion of this time allocated to formal training programs - school leaders are now opting for technology - supported learning in addition to traditional forms.

On average, participating CC21 school leaders are spending 12.1 hours per week in their professional learning outside of the traditional school walls, with the majority of this time (6.5 hours, or 53.7 per cent) spent searching for and reading online information relevant to their teaching context.

We spend on average 87 per cent of our time inside buildings which means we are shielded from a major part of the effect of daylight.

Forty per cent of authorities responding to an NAO survey do not believe they have sufficient resources to provide effective support to schools and almost half of those authorities are planning to reduce the amount of staff time spent on support.

Acoustics Students spend 45 per cent of their time listening.

Students whose parents reported «spending time just talking to my child», «eating the main meal with my child around a table» or «discussing how well my child is doing at school» daily or nearly every day were between 22 per cent and 39 per cent more likely to report high levels of life satisfaction.

Furthermore, 46 per cent of primary school respondents maintained they would spend more time talking to individual pupils or parents, if their workloads were reduced.

DR: Most schools outsource for at least some services, though the larger schools often have a member of staff who might spend 10 to 20 per cent of their time taking photos of different events.

As was the case statewide and elsewhere, the pension time bomb was ticking; pension obligations would soon require more than 10 cents of every dollar CPS spent.

Given that UK pupils now spend over 50 per cent of classroom time engaging with IT, many teachers acknowledge that it has become more paramount for them to be receiving continuous professional development into all aspects of data security.

It also found that on average, primary school pupils spend 53.7 per cent of their time engaging with ICT in the classroom, as do 55.5 per cent of secondary school pupils.