Sentences with phrase «only about a quarter»

Yet, while surveys have found that most small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are aware of CRM's potential benefits, only about a quarter of them have adopted it.

Only about a quarter of those sites contained any content at all, which leads the agency to believe they are serving as placeholders for future crowdfunding portals, perhaps readying to launch once the SEC implements its investor guidelines.

Of course, the money came at a price: although the majority of the chief executives today retain at least 50 % of the equity in their companies, only about a quarter of them own the whole show.

Some market watchers buy that line, noting the two firms have used only about a quarter of the US$ 400 billion put at their disposal after Washington seized them in September 2008 due to losses from rising home foreclosures and falling home values.

Only about a quarter of young people want «Obamacare» repealed.

Yet, only about a quarter of all U.S. businesses have a «well - implemented ethics and compliance program in place,» according to Harned.

Even though the bots are voice - equipped and «speak» several languages, only about a quarter of people try talking to them.

For example, Mr. Byrne said that only about a quarter of 1 percent of Overstock's sales were in Bitcoin — that's about $ 12,000 to $ 15,000 a day in transactions.

Only about a quarter of these are regulated at the national level and only 116 of the largest SOEs come under the administration of SASAC (State Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council).

Over half of black children in public primary and secondary schools are concentrated in the nation's twelve largest central city school districts, where the quality of education is poor, and where whites constitute only about a quarter of total enrollment.

Only about a quarter of the shots teams attempt against Michigan are three - pointers, one of the lowest marks in Division I.

A 2014 study [1] by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that only about a quarter (24.8 %) of youth aged 12 to 15 years engaged in moderate - to - vigorous physical activity, including activities both in school and outside of school, for at least 60 minutes daily.

In the end only about a quarter of lunches met 3 out of 5 National School Lunch Program standards.

I don't know that any of these sources could replace imports from Russia, even temporarily, but note that according to the Wikipedia article you linked to, only about a quarter of gas consumed in Europe comes from Russia.

Only about a quarter of New Yorkers like President Donald Trump's job performance, according to a recent poll.

Back in the day, more than half of voters turned out for the mayor's primary; now only about a quarter do.

After 10 months, the NYCLU says the police department has shown «extraordinary resistance» and provided information in only about a quarter of the requested categories.

Only about a quarter of New Yorkers have consented to being organ donors, according to the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network.

Howe anticipates only about a quarter of registered voters to turn out for the state primary.

Only about a quarter of U.S. girls, however, have received even one of the three shots in the vaccine course.

Mosquitoes are as fast as fruit flies while flying away but use only about a quarter of the leg force that fruit flies typically use to push off, Chang and her colleagues found.

Only about a quarter of the coral in northern reefs found farther offshore died.

Even in the lifestyle intervention group, only about a quarter were able to eat enough fiber, meaning whole plant foods, and cut down on enough saturated fat, which in this country is mostly dairy, dessert, chicken, and pork.

It didn't make much mix - only about a quarter inch in the bottom if the pan - does it relies a lot?

As a result, and you can't really tell this from the photos, it's only about a quarter full.

If you followed this morning's press conference by the festival's directors, you know that only about a quarter of the films that will eventually grace the screens were named and the actual schedule isn't even out yet, but such is the nature of festival going.

Less than half of California school districts and only about a quarter of teacher unions have promised to make key education reforms required for the state to win $ 700 million in competitive federal grants, officials said Wednesday.

Only about a quarter of children in the control group found their way into other center - based programs such as Head Start or private pre-k, so the study compares groups that are very different in their levels of access to early childhood education.

Only about a quarter of parents who made between $ 50,000 and 100,000 had heard a lot about the Common Core.

The report contends that it is too easy to get into teacher - preparation programs, with only about a quarter of them restricting admissions to applicants in the top half of their class.

Stephanie Jemilo, who left her post as a special education teacher at Marshall High School this summer, remembers the feeling of working in a school built to handle about 1,600 students, which is only about a quarter full this year.

Families frequently take advantage of these options, with only about a quarter of public school students attending their in - boundary schools — District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) that students have a right to attend based on their address — and the rest enrolling in out - of - boundary DCPS schools or public charter schools.

The new, interactive test — designed to measure student ability to communicate clearly and accurately in real - world, on - demand situations — shows that the nation's students as a whole must improve their writing skills; only about a quarter of students at both grades scored at or above the proficient level.

DC is a bastion of school choice, with only about a quarter of students attending their assigned neighborhood school.

«Only about a quarter of respondents reported rarely encountering any significant technical problems,» the report read.

Which puts only about a quarter in the middle.

We've been reading on screens for only about quarter of a century (post-1984 GUI).

Only about a quarter of Italians are covered by a company pension.

More than half of Canadians think rising interest rates will negatively impact their personal finances, but only about a quarter of them have an emergency fund to deal with any potential hardship, according to a new poll.

Only about a quarter were Direct Federal loans.

However, only about a quarter of all the exchange - listed ADRs have a long - term earnings growth estimate.

Currently only about a quarter of private sector workers have a pension, versus more than three - quarters of government workers.

Indeed, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that only a third of 401 (k) s have any kind of retirement - income withdrawal option and only about a quarter offer an annuity.

Dogs vomit after eating grass only about a quarter of the time, according to a study done at the University of California in 2008.

Only about a quarter of dogs adopted across the country come from shelters.

Now, only about a quarter of the unwanted canines at the shelter are pit bulls.

«Only about a quarter of the work acquired by the government art collection in recent years is by women», said Brennan.

-- Co2 released to the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels is cycled through the oceans based on a five year residence time, so that only about a quarter of the co2 in the atmosphere at any one time is from man.

Just 14 % of Republicans say global warming is a very serious problem and 27 % view it as a somewhat serious problem; only about a quarter (24 %) think it requires immediate action by the government.

I'm picking on transport, though it's only about a quarter of global emissions, because mobility is so crucial - and hence so inelastic.