Sentences with phrase «for about a quarter»

But this deal would put Tweed on top, responsible for about a quarter of the registered patients in Canada.

Environmental Defense Fund president Fred Krupp said the agreement is important because methane is responsible for about a quarter of today's warming, and the U.S. and Canada are the world's second - and fourth - largest emitters of oil and gas methane respectively.

Looking back in time, global steel production grew strongly in the 1960s and early 1970s when Japan was industrialising, but then was relatively flat for about a quarter of a century (Graph 8).

NHTSA's evaluation does not include small overlap front - end collisions, which the IIHS blames for about a quarter of the injuries and fatalities in front - end crashes.

-- soak them in warm water for about quarter of an hour or so and it'll soften them up a treat, and you can use the water for binding I'm about to make these with a slight twist of ground almonds rather than walnuts.

And you can make it at home for about a quarter of the restaurant price.

Research has shown snacks account for about a quarter of the calories American children consume.

The country is Fonterra's number one market and accounts for about a quarter of its value.

Dairy products account for about a quarter of its exports and the industry is worth # 6.1 bn.

Hot tap water actually accounts for about a quarter of all scald burns, but causes more deaths and hospitalizations than any other hot liquid.

I would then remove the lid and sit under a blanket in a tentlike fashion with baby for about a quarter of an hour so we would both breathe in the herbal vapours.

Greek - style yogurt now accounts for about a quarter of all yogurt sales in the United States.

Walsh says he'll ask Onondaga County for about a quarter of a million dollars in next year's budget.

Employment levels for manufacturing dropped by a third to about 11.5 million workers from some 17 million workers, a level that had held fairly steady for about a quarter of a century.

What it means: «Land use, land - use change and forestry,» which is often abbreviated to just «land use,» is responsible for about a quarter of the climate - changing pollution that's escaping into the atmosphere every year.

The technique is effective, but the tail can account for about a quarter of the lizard's body mass.

The United States accounts for about a quarter of their traffic with the rest coming from Europe.

For - profit colleges account for about a quarter of all Title IV dollars, and 7 of the 10 largest Pell grantees are for - profits.

The study finds that taken together, direct and indirect effects of school leadership account for about a quarter of total school effects.

Hawaii is home to about 251,000 children ages 5 to 19, and 96,000 adults ages 20 to 24 — together accounting for about a quarter of the state's total population.

The transport driver held on for about a quarter - mile at speeds of around 45 mph until he was tossed when the thief drove through some grassy areas.

[45] According to the IIHS, this situation accounts for about a quarter of the serious injuries sustained in frontal crashes.

LOVE Before match.com there was the Matrimonial News, where, for about a quarter, prospective brides could place an ad describing what they were looking for in a husband.

Publishing giant Cengage Learning wants to stop selling its titles through digital textbook seller Kno, and Kno — which counts on Cengage material for about a quarter of its sales — is suing for breech of a license agreement.

But your publisher couldn't have known; what national events happened recently — 9/11 stopped book sales for about a quarter and the resulting economic downturn across the board made this even worse.

The beach itself is great to walk on... a nice sandy strip for about a quarter mile, but difficult for swimming and paddle boarding given the rocky surface below the water line.

This has been possible for the atmosphere alone and the ocean alone for about a quarter century, and for the combination of atmosphere and ocean for about a decade.

The extra batteries let him store extra power by plugging the car into a wall outlet at his home in this San Francisco suburb — all for about a quarter.

It was a reminder of the skepticism that conservative and business groups have expressed over whether other nations — particularly China, which is responsible for about a quarter of the world's carbon emissions and is burning increasing amounts of coal — will follow Obama's lead in restricting such emissions.

It is a potent climate pollutant responsible for about a quarter of today's global warming, and can be associated with public health problems, such as the headaches, nausea and other symptoms that have been reported by residents of the nearby Porter Ranch neighborhood.

It is an area of extraordinary biodiversity and an important habitat for about a quarter of the world's population of mountain gorillas.

Tar - sands oil is responsible for about a quarter more carbon pollution well - to - wheel than conventional oil.

The Sun accounts for about a quarter of the net amount, even though it contributes but 10 percent of the total on the positive, warming side of the balance sheet.

The land sector is responsible for about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and changes to land - use practices have the potential to significantly contribute to reducing emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting countries» ability to adapt to a changing climate.

CO2 accounts for about a quarter of the effect, not 1 %.

But the biggest target is dairy manure, which accounts for about a quarter of the state's methane emissions.

Reefs are habitat for about a quarter of marine species and are the most diverse among marine ecosystems (Roberts et al., 2002; Buddemeier et al., 2004).

By the time the kids are three, those laptops and tablets are connected to the Internet daily for about a quarter of U.S. kids, according to the Joan Ganz Center in New York.

Pricing will be $ 199 for the fitness shoes and $ 259 for the golf shoes, with both going for about a quarter off during crowdfunding.

But Planned Parenthood performed 328,300 abortions in 2008, which would account for about a quarter of the 1.21 million abortions that year, according to statistics from the Guttmacher Institute.

Immigrants account for about a quarter of all STEM workers with college degrees or higher in the 2000 census; about half of those have doctorates.

Yet stability has returned to U.S. financial markets, including the CMBS sector, which accounts for about a quarter of all U.S. commercial real estate loans.

Not exact matches

Nanos Research, which conducts a weekly survey for Bloomberg, found that almost a quarter of respondents at the end of September said their personal financial situation had worsened over the past year, compared with about 20 per cent in early August.

Sales rose 7.9 percent to $ 3.45 billion in the first quarter from a year earlier, slightly above the average analyst estimate of $ 3.34 billion, with aluminum prices accounting for $ 109 million or about 40 percent of the increase.

Leightman Research Group data released Monday was roughly in line: Leightman estimated that the 13 top cable providers lost about 470,000 video customers in the second quarter, compared to a loss of 350,000 for the corresponding quarter last year.

With CNBC's 25th Anniversary celebration on Thursday, Cramer is not just thinking about investments for the next quarter.

And for good reason: Apple sold nine million new iPhones over three days in September; Google earned US$ 14 billion in revenue last quarter; Twitter, it's IPO imminent, is about to mint a new round of tech - age millionaires.

The software has signed up about 40 million users since it was made available for iPhones and Android devices in the quarter.

Companies focused on building and operating launch vehicles dominated first quarter investments, accounting for more than 72 percent with about $ 700 million, due to SpaceX's heavy fundraising.

Obviously, as print continues to drop, digital will become an even larger part of the Times «business than it already is (it accounts for about 42 % of advertising revenue and about 25 % of subscription revenue), and the amount of money being lost on print every quarter will therefore continue to shrink.