Sentences with phrase «typically about a quarter»

And the distance is a cinch to measure — typically about a quarter mile around.

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Fewer companies died in the first quarter than is typically the case: there were 117,730 exits compared with an average since 2001 of about 121,000.

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.

«We typically recommend that about a quarter of your plate should be complex carbohydrates,» says Mielczarek.

«When interest rates start to rise, they typically rise quickly over about eight to 12 quarters.

First, a 30 - day interest rate lock typically costs about a quarter point in fees (60 days costs about a half point), which you could save by floating or going with a 7 - to 15 - day lock.

It's a great deal — as long as you're willing to sign up each quarter, and you're not stymied by the limits (typically about $ 1,500 in purchases) that can curb your earnings.

As in, I don't believe the career portfolio that sales people typically build, full of internal weekly sales matrices and monthly commission reports, or that company certificate of 1st Quarter Top Earner, or the email from the sales manager about the rockstar sales month in 2009?

Slightly more than one - quarter (26 percent) of REALTORS ® use a personal assistant and typically earn about $ 75,000 more ($ 113,800) than those who don't use one ($ 37,500).

Distressed homes, 3 typically sold at a discount of about 20 percent, accounted for 30 percent of third quarter sales, compared with 33 percent in the second quarter; they were 34 percent a year earlier.