Sentences with phrase «for at least a fifth»

For at least the fifth consecutive legislative session, bills that would open the door to doctors prescribing lethal doses for terminally ill patients were dropped from consideration by the Public Health Committee in the Massachusetts Legislature.

But add to that number some panicky Prufrocks and one's getting on for at least a fifth of the parliamentary party.

Not exact matches

Fifth in line to the throne, the new prince's arrival came at a lower cost than one might expect for a royal baby delivery — at least when compared to the cost of a similar delivery in the US.

At least that's the lesson Clason, through Arkad, shares with us in the fifth cure for a lean purse.

Some 3.2 million Americans work at least part time for an on - demand service; for about a fifth of them, it's the primary source of income.

Nooyi, only the fifth person to run PepsiCo and a dark - horse choice — a woman, a foreigner, a onetime strategy consultant — has outlasted all but one of her predecessors and, at least for now, a powerful shareholder activist.

But still, for every age group — excluding 55 - to 64 - year - olds — at least one - fifth incorrectly selected «Tax credit for retirement» as the answer.

I found the cost per click on Bing was one - fifth what I could spend on Google (at least for my phrases).

Overwhelmed by the failure, Bill had one «comforting» thought: «With a fifth of gin, I could be a millionaire — at least for a while.»

First, as the title of a key chapter puts it, the American example shows that religion can «Make Use of Democratic Instincts» in a manner mutually beneficial to itself and democracy; second, sustainable democracy needs religion, which means we can expect democratic peoples to remain attached to its continuance or at least potentially receptive to its revival (cf. II, 2.17, # s 17 - 20); third, democratic times, because they are enlightened times, tend to be ones of increasing doubts about religion; fourth, the relevant religion for America and Europe, Christianity, will be tugged against and perhaps eroded by powerful and ongoing democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in democratic society will always rest upon common opinion.

Many observers have noted that Macron and Le Pen have sidelined, at least for the moment, the two parties that have dominated the Fifth Republic since 1958, when Charles de Gaulle saved France from the very real prospect of civil war.

(2) An accredited certifying agent's application for accreditation renewal must be received at least 6 months prior to the fifth anniversary of issuance of the notification of accreditation and each subsequent renewal of accreditation.

For example, a 2014 report from the Chinese government — where many protein powders are sourced — found that at least one - fifth of the farm land is polluted with these heavy metals.

And while that might hurt the odds of the conference winning its eighth straight national title (at least, until Alabama reaches fifth gear and makes us feel silly for doubting), this could end up being the deepest SEC in a few years.

At least let Phillies fans enjoy Cole Hamels every fifth day, or follow the prospects they can get for him.

After such a slovenly win, the old Jimmy Johnson would have icily pointed out the slipshod defense his team had played and that for the fifth straight game his club had received at least seven penalties.

I just don't understand why Ryan wouldn't at least send a fifth rusher for most of the game.

Arsene Wenger started the Swansea game with his fifth unchanged starting XI in a row, but the team surely needs some fresh legs for this crucial match, which could seal our position in the Top Three if we win or at least draw this weekend.

That, in Benson's view, at least, is why he's having his best season and has emerged as a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy as the fifth - ranked Longhorns enter their annual showdown with No. 2 Oklahoma on Saturday in Dallas.

S&P + top 10 for the first time since 2012 and won at least 10 games for the fifth time in seven years.

Both Verstappen and Alonso were out - for Max that's his fifth retirement in seven races and for Alonso... hey, at least he wasn't in the race long enough to be put out with engine failure, right?

Even though we could not get a second while the homt team hit us on the break late on for a fifth, the damage was done long before then and there were at least some positives to take as the Gunners need to get back to business in the Premier League.

The Honey Badgers scheduled nine games and are looking for two more, but at least one of their games — a showdown against vaunted John Curtis Christian in River Ridge, La., ranked fifth nationally by Rivals and set to be televised by ESPN on Oct. 19 — is in jeopardy because the Louisiana Athletic Association mandates that its schools play teams recognized by their respective states.

The 37 - 14 victory bumps the Pirates up to 9 - 2 this season and thanks to a gutsy performance from their unlikely quarterback, the team will finish with at least nine wins for the fifth straight season.

This game has a high total of 218 and it could be an up - and - down, high - scoring affair (at least for the Nuggets): Denver has been the fifth - best team in transition this season and the Suns have allowed the fourth - highest 3 - point rate in the league.

Jürgen Klopp's hosts are aiming for their fifth straight league win, while José Mourinho's visitors are, at the very least, trying to avoid what would be a third defeat in their first eight Premier League games...

With F1's top three teams all having their line - ups resolved for next season, or at least a mere formality, Perez is chasing a fifth successive campaign with Force India.

While it was only the fifth time this season where the Toffees got themselves a little sticky in front of goal by scoring none, their overall tally of 18 — 10 of those coming at Goodison Park — is an underwhelming tally to say the least and the catalyst for their lacklustre campaign to date.

Aurier's currently in fifth place in Squawka's World Cup rankings for overall performance — the highest ranked defender overall and standing at least a head above the next ranked defender for his attacking prowess.

During each lunch period for fourth -, fifth - and sixth - graders, a group of at least 10 students stood in front of Van Wey's table while she quizzed them on what vegetables she brought and handed out tiny plastic cups filled with samples of everything she and her husband, Matt Van Wey, grow at Quackenbush Farm, 2112 N.E. 189th St.

But even now I'm happily on my way towards the fifth month, no matter how tired I am I'll wake up in the night and then won't be able to go back to sleep for at least an hour.

Demonstrators tried to disrupt holiday shopping on New York's Fifth Avenue, defying de Blasio's request to suspend protests — at least until after the funerals for Liu and Ramos are held.

Herbst is at least the fifth Republican to qualify for public financing, following state Rep. Prasad Srinivasan of Glastonbury, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, former U.S. comptroller general David Walker of Bridgeport and Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton.

«We had asked for at least $ 1.5 billion in flexible operating aid, so hence the statement that what the governor proposes is about one - fifth of what are needs actually are.»

Mars also boasts an incredible gorge, called Valles Marineris, which is at least three times as deep as the Grand Canyon and spans one - fifth of the planet — great for a bit of low - gravity rock climbing.

Paul Ewald says infections are responsible for at least four - fifths of all cancers — and we have the tools to prevent them.

It's hard to understand why Microsoft waited until their fifth winner, The Gunstringer (now the gold standard for Kinect games), to purchase Twisted Pixel, but LocoCycle should at least prove how much further they can go under Microsoft's wing.

With a strong cast in place for this fifth Terminator installment and beyond, though, that's at least one good sign for the future.

It's a very strange time for Hasbro and Paramount's once - lucrative Transformers franchise, which sank like a rock in water at the box office this year with its fifth and least successful entry, Transformers: The Last Knight.

Gibson, along with all of the human characters in the original live - action Transformers trilogy, took a break from the series with 2014's Transformers: Age of Extinction, but director Michael Bay seems to have made it his goal to get at least part of the gang back together for the upcoming fifth installment.

It's easy to take for granted how prescient Sidney Lumet's Network actually was for its 1976 release: the onslaught of vapid reality shows was still a few decades away, evangelical television and Fox News had yet to surface, and though the country was shaken up by corrupt politics, at least people still recognized the important of the fifth estate due to events like Watergate.

Trimmed mean of scale scores from WIDA ACCESS for ELLs, for fourth and fifth grade English language learners who have been in the United States for at least three years.

The researchers studied approximately 100,000 black students who enrolled in third grade in North Carolina's public schools between 2001 and 2005 and found that the risk of dropping out for black students decreased by 29 percent if they had at least one black teacher in third through fifth grades.

Given that at least 6,006 Second City teachers — or one - fifth of employees covered by the pension — will retire in the next decade, Emanuel will have to do more than just freeze cost - of - living increases for pensioners of this and those drawing off the rest of the city's annuity funds.

For this demographic, having at least one black teacher from third through fifth grade reduced the likelihood of later dropping out of school by 39 percent.

In order to move up to fifth and ninth grade, students must score basic in at least English or math, with a score of «approaching basic» allowable for the other test.

At least that's the theory; even so, it takes all the steel you can muster to select fifth gear and keep your right foot planted beyond 110 mph for the first few laps (OK, the entire first day), the car weaving and dancing around alarmingly.

So the all - new fifth - generation Nissan Micra, which just debuted at the 2016 Paris motor show, is worth at least a quick glance from our side of the Atlantic; assuming they keep selling them up north — it's not yet confirmed for any market except Europe at the moment — there's a decent chance you'll come across one in a border town sometime down the road.

The new top safety pick + designation is given to vehicles that earn «good» ratings for occupant protection in at least four of five tests, with no less than «acceptable» in the fifth test.

This is Volkswagen's smaller performance hatch offering, the Polo GTI; freshly revised for 2015 and priced to please from under $ 27,500 — $ 500 less than before thanks to the availability of a manual transmission for the first time (well, in the current fifth iteration at least).