Sentences with phrase «less than a quarter»

Typically speaking, an expert financial planner will define an affordable house as one with monthly payments that are less than a quarter of of your after - tax monthly income.

The firm accounts for less than a quarter of physical book sales (see box).

He pulled into his driveway hours later with less than a quarter of a tank.

I would love to have one for my home as we live on a very busy main road with a river less than a quarter mile away that attracts many people.

Users report asking their smart speaker for reviews of products, and then a little less than a quarter of survey respondents said they bought products directly through the speaker.

You make 6 percent in less than a quarter with minimal risk.

Even more disturbing, among 50 - year - olds still working, 47 % believe they're still less than a quarter of the way there.

Less than a quarter thought his takeover of city schools has worked out well.

One recent study of six corporate data centers revealed that most of their 1,000 servers were using less than a quarter of their available processing power.

Your baby now weighs less than a quarter of an ounce and is a little over 1 inch long from head to bottom.

Each of the following five parks received less than a quarter of a million visitors last year, which amounts for less than 1 percent of all national park visitors.

But a drastic switch to a regime where less than a quarter of students score proficient will be a shock to the system.

She is older so we do a quarter can per meal (she gets breakfast and dinner) and then a little less than a quarter cup senior dry.

How on earth does a team manage to cover less than a quarter of their games?

The first time I made it I added less than a quarter of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper.

Although this asset class comprises less than a quarter of our total portfolio, it significantly enhances total investment return for policyholders and shareholders.

Even so, few are even close to reaching those levels: 73 % have put aside less than a quarter of whatever amount they think they need in theory to retire on.

Nearly half of all retired members cast ballots, yet less than a quarter of active teachers participated.

They point out that it's like a «quarter sized» version of bitcoin that's arguably more functional, but that its price is much less than a quarter of bitcoin's.

We won't accept anything less than quarter of a billion in assets.

I find the people who do this most are the old - school crunchy moms — the ones who were nursing back when less than a quarter of women breastfed.

You can even use less than a quarter size amount each time and still get the results you need.

Perhaps these are reasons why less than a quarter of workers surveyed had completed a course of any kind in the previous 2 years.

In that system, just two students dropped out in 2014 - 2015, making its dropout rate less than a quarter of a percentage point.

About half of students who enter remedial education never finish a remedial course, and less than a quarter enroll in college - level courses.

And the sale of a print book through a bookstore returns less than a quarter of what a direct sale does.

Imagine paying good money for a book less than a quarter - inch thick?

Housing costs are also substantially lower; you'll spend less than a quarter of your pay on a home or apartment.

Less than a quarter contact or consider two; the same percentage applies to those who consider or contact three or more.

Less than a quarter ranked portals a «7» or more.

You can get a basic folder from the grocery store for less than a quarter, so there's really no excuse.

Technically a medium wine with less than a quarter of the residual sugar of a dessert wine.

Yet mobile revenue is still less than quarter the size of the company's web revenues, which is about $ 305 million.

It found that in several key areas including business climate, taxes, corruption and public education, less than a quarter think the situation has improved.

Roll out dough on a lightly flour surface to a little less than a quarter - inch thick.

The amount of roasted garlic amounted to less than a quarter cup so I thought it wouldn't be enough to off - set the acidity of the peaches.

The party says the government's capital allocation for 2013 - 14 will cover less than a quarter of the costs.

But ministry officials say that is less than a quarter of what is needed to meet spending commitments through the end of the year.

Guests will be able to find this spa on Sea Grape Drive, about 120 yards (less than a quarter kilometer) from Ambergris Divers at Banana Beach.

I actually divided the quinoa into two 9 inch pans and ended up with crusts less than a quarter inch thick that held together wonderfully.

Beginning in 1983 with modest investments in two small mines in Ontario and Québec, he and his partners, including Bob Smith, the legendary mining engineer, grew Barrick into the world's largest gold miner in less than a quarter century.

If the first recount shows Buchanan and Jennings separated by less than a quarter percent (entirely possible given the 386 - vote margin currently), an automatic hand recount would be triggered.

I had a fixation so dense it was thicker than fog at less than a quarter mile visibility.

In contrast, the inner planet, CoRoT - 24b, is less than a quarter as massive, but is similar in size, so seems to have a very low density.

The banana - fed group of patients actually saw success more than those who were medically treated with almost 60 percent of the patients being successfully treated while less than a quarter of the medically - treated patients were free of diarrhea at the final day of the studies.

African - Americans represent less than a quarter of the student population, but they account for almost two - thirds of the suspensions, according to the report by Dr. Paul Walker, Wake County public schools director.

At that speed, my trip from London would have taken less than a quarter of a second.

The two share less than a quarter of Wallace McCain's overall estate, yet they still owned a Toronto mansion, four luxury cottages and five boats.

An advanced batter producer would be able to pay engineers less than $ 15 an hour in China, compared to $ 40 in the U.S., and Chinese building maintenance personnel earn less than a quarter what their American counterparts make, according to the authors» calculations.