Sentences with phrase «likely than the average bear»

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Twitter was born on mobile — users who primarily access Twitter via mobile are 47 % less likely to use Twitter on the desktop than average Twitter users.

The children born with high birthweight at term were more likely to be obese by kindergarten than their average - weight counterparts.

He quoted statistics from the American Enterprise Institute claiming that that each foreign worker who receives a U.S. STEM education creates on average 2.6 jobs, and that foreign - born professionals are 30 % more likely to start a business in the United States than are native - born professionals.

Children born with a large birthweight (above 10 pounds at term) were 69 percent more likely than average weight children to be obese by kindergarten and continuing at least through second grade, the researchers determined.

That means «the average male born in the United States is nine times more likely to contribute to an innovation than the average female,» the authors note.

Black children are three times more likely to be born into poverty than their white counterparts, and four times more likely to be born into extreme poverty where average daily funds are less than $ 1.25 per day, according to The World Bank.

On average, stock splits are more likely to be announced during bull markets (an average of 20 per month) than in bear markets (13 per month).

By the ACF's figures, the average Aussie driver could save $ 1,000 a year, if they drove a car that managed a fuel efficiency standard of 6.8 L / 100 km [34.6 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- but they observe that only one Australian manufactured car model had an efficiency of less than 10L / 100 km [23.5 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- in 2006, so they don't hold out much hope for voluntary agreements with the car industry as likely to bear much fruit.