Sentences with phrase «little more than a quarter of»

Among the biggest losers from the news were automakers, which account for a little more than a quarter of steel demand in the U.S., according to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

The contributions from COR Development Co.'s partners and family members account for a little more than a quarter of all contributions made to Cuomo from Onondaga County zip codes since January 2011, according to a review of New York State Board of Elections records.

Putting grades aside, The Guardian found that a little more than a quarter of white applicants earned admittance to the University of Oxford; compare that to 17.2 % for ethnic minorities.

They took off in the Swiss Alps with 28 full tanks of propane; when they touched down in central Egypt almost 20 days later, little more than a quarter of a tank remained.

Another study, published in the European Heart Journal, followed almost 20,000 Germans for 10 years and found that those who ate the most chocolate (an average of 7.5 grams a day — or a little more than a quarter of an ounce) had lower blood pressure and a 39 % lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke compared to those who ate the least amount of chocolate (1.7 grams a day).

In its Veteran's Day 2011 debut, this comedy drew 4.9 million viewers, a little more than a quarter of the initial audience for High School Musical 2 and a little more than half of Camp Rock's number, but bigger than all but three football games and an episode of «The Walking Dead» among that mid-November week's cable broadcasts.

Generally, a lender is satisfied when the ratio is 36 percent (which means your debt takes up a little more than a quarter of your take home pay).

In 2016, coal - fired and nuclear power each contributed a bit over a third of the electricity, followed by natural gas generation, which provided a little more than a quarter of the load.

homes, with America producing a little more than a quarter of that amount.

Not exact matches

Last month, Tesla said it delivered 1,550 cars in the fourth quarter, a little more than half of what analysts had expected.

Only a little more than one - quarter of those who work with an advisor (27 percent) had been told by the advisor how much their portfolios could lose if there were a market crash.

A quarter - century down the line, analysts say, there's little reason to expect that the consumer will be more often flipping the pages of an e-book on their tablet computer than picking up a hardcover, and streaming video through their Web - enabled TV rather than turning on their Blu - ray player.

I guess, I guess, if you could just talk about what is perceived to be somewhat of a share fallback here for the second quarter in a row now or well, it's a little bit more pronounced in this quarter than it's been in quarters past, you're pretty much in line with the category in the last quarter.

Economic data in the United States have been a little more positive, showing, among other things, stronger - than - expected GDP growth in the second quarter, improvements in business sentiment, a rise in capital goods orders and a small pick - up in industrial production in the past couple of months, though the performance of the labour market has so far remained disappointing.

Over the four quarters to December, consumption increased by a little under 4 per cent, down from a peak growth rate of more than 6 per cent seen earlier that year.

It's been more than a quarter of a century since Randy Hibshman first introduced Little League Baseball's Challenger Division in Coral Springs.

Sometimes I will sneak in just a little whole wheat flour because I like the flavor, not more than a quarter of the total amount of flour so the texture isn't messed up.

More than two - in - five (44 %) respondents to our Sentiment Survey gave the title to Fornaroli with team mate, Aaron Mooy, in second place with a little over a quarter of the vote (26 %).

The little amount of food they do consume in the last quarter of that first year provides more than just iron.

A little more than half of the infants were exclusively breastfed at one month of age, a figure that declined to about a quarter of the infants by three months.

Nixon did a little better among younger and upstate Democrats but didn't have more than a quarter of either group.

Mr Osborne has little more than a fortnight to complete the comprehensive spending review, which will implement departmental budget cuts of at least a quarter in a bid to tackle Britain's deficit.

While Nixon does a little better among younger and upstate Democrats, she doesn't have the support of more than one - quarter of either group.

The mayor fared little better among members of his own party, as more than half condemned how he has dealt with the indigent crisis and three - quarters described the situation as «very serious.»

That means a little more than 300 million dollars or a quarter of the stolen money that the Auditor General wants back.

Political action committees, or PACs, representing business, industry and institutions donated a little more than $ 1 million of the $ 1.9 million Katko had raised by the close of the last quarter on June 30.

«However, whereas in human females the masculine characteristics are less common within the population, in fence lizards, we see the opposite pattern: About three quarters of the females are so - called «bearded ladies,» making masculinized females much more common than their counterparts with little or no blue ornamentation.»

On average the birds lost a little more than 2 kilograms — about a quarter of their total mass — and then the researchers repeated the treadmill experiment.

Bioinformaticist Mark van der Linden had been working at Europroteome AG just outside Berlin for a little over a year when he and more than a quarter of the 40 - person staff were made redundant.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that by 6 p.m., people with night eating syndrome consumed a little more than a third of their daily calories, while a control group had consumed almost three - quarters.

The launch was alluded to in Match Group's Q1 results call, where Meetic posted its fifth consecutive quarter of YoY growth, CEO Greg Blatt saying the new product was «more than a little app that we throw out there and see what happens.»

British novelist Mary Stewart's beloved «The Little Broomstick» predates J.K. Rowling's hit Harry Potter series by more than a quarter - century, which means the source material is original, even if its gorgeous big - screen adaptation feels a bit derivative in places — and derivative of not just Rowling's more richly imagined fantasy world, but also Ghibli's own «Kiki's Delivery Service,» which presents a similar plot, in reverse: There, a young witch with a flying broom loses her powers, whereas in this case, young Mary discovers a magical broom that whisks her away to Endor College, where she's celebrated for her newfound abilities.

For a game with titanic quarter - pipes, loops and more extravagant elevations than the Alps when they're feeling particularly vain, what little of a difficulty curve it can muster is troublingly flat.

The difference is a little more than one - quarter of a standard deviation (26 percent).

Three - quarters of the choice students were African - American, compared with a little more than a third of all students in the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school district.

Also, many respondents underestimated the amount of dedicated training it takes to become an effective teacher, and more than one - quarter of respondents thought that a teacher needs as little as six months of practice teaching.

The fast rack means that even the tightest turns around the track require little more than a quarter turn of the wheel.

We will nod our approval at the sight of a 288 GTO ripping over loose terrain, gravel gnawing at quarters and paint worth more than a long decade of our salaries, but the sight and sound of the Alfa Romeo bashing against the asphalt is painful, and yes, a little blasphemous.

Down below the body is defined just a little better than that of the F - pace, giving the E-Pace a more dominant side profile while that curved body line on the rear door and rear quarter (just like on the F - Pace) gives it a hint of muscularity.

With more than 10,000 ATS and CTS models sold during the first quarter of this year, the odds are in favor of most owners not needing this fix, but it still sounds a little too much like a dangerous game of Russian roulette.

A survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of America found that a startling number of Americans know little about credit scores, including more than a quarter of respondents not knowing ways to raise or maintain their scores.

General purpose credit card debt totaled nearly $ 662 billion in the second quarter, compared with a little more than $ 582 billion in the second quarter of 2013, according to TransUnion.

What little I do know: - AAPL's calls tend to occur on a Tuesday more than any other day of the week - it's announced roughly a month in advance, but has been announced w / less notice - it has a definite range of dates in which it occurs, typically somewhere in the 3rd week of the new quarter plus or minus a few days

There were only three unlucky camping adventures in September that didn't observe either a pod of killer whales or porpoises, while more than a quarter got to see both the large whales and their little cousins on the same kayak tour.

Whilst Ensign Dale's detachment of the 63rd Manchester Regiment had little more than their weekly ration of bread, salt, beef and three quarter pints of rum to tempt the palate, we trust our fully licensed Cocktail Bar and award winning Ensign Dale Restaurant will provide a vastly improved Bill of Fare.

It's a little less touristy than the French Quarter and is geared a little more to the tastes of the locals.There is also a night market where local artists sell their crafts.

More than a quarter of the paintings in The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture come from private collections around the world; works little - known and rarely exhibited.

Credit: Jeremy Lips / Tom's GuideIn front, the Welcome's «eye» is located in the top quarter of the camera's thin cylindrical design, while the Welcome's microphone is little more than a pin - sized hole in the bottom quarter.

Samsung is the single largest brand, controlling a little over a quarter of the market, while Apple's market share is not much more than 2 percent.

His subsequent legal practice was at the crossroads of law and psychiatry: for more than a quarter century he served as General Counsel to The Home for Little Wanderers, The Italian Home for Children, Child and Family Services, Steven's Children's Home, numerous adoption agencies, and scores of private practices of psychiatrists, psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers.