Sentences with phrase «while less than a quarter»

In a poll conducted earlier this year among several hundred corporate members of the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a nonprofit business - research organization in Houston, more than half the respondents (56.8 %) said they worked in fully walled offices, while less than a quarter (21.4 %) claimed modular settings.

According to a new CNN poll, nearly three - quarters of Americans (73 percent) say they can't trust all or most of what they hear in official communications from the White House, while less than a quarter (24 percent) say they can.

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.

Not exact matches

The study found that nearly 40 percent of small business owners who didn't know their business credit score anticipated growth of less than 5 percent, while nearly three quarters who did, envisioned growth of up to 20 percent.

Fast - forward less than a decade later and Chipotle is worth more than $ 22 billion, having more than tripled its store count while doing over $ 1 billion in sales per quarter.

For instance, nearly three - quarters of poor American how make less than $ 30,000 per year don't have them while 81 % of those who make more than $ 75,000 do.

While that is less than one - tenth of Amazon's overall revenue, [Amazon Web Services] generated 67 % of the company's operating income in the quarter.»).

This trend suppresses the demand side of the housing market, while the supply - side has been hindered by builders eschewing starter homes and moving up the value chain, as evidenced by the fact that the average size of a new single - family home is almost 2,700 square feet today, versus less than 2,100 square feet a quarter century ago.

While less than 100 individuals out of a quarter million reporting capital gains on cryptocurrency investments, there is definitely a cause for concern.

The fixed - weight deflator for private consumption rose by 1.5 per cent over the year to the December quarter, while the broader fixed - weight deflators also showed increases of less than 2 per cent.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway wound up shedding 3.76 million shares during the quarter (which is actually less than 1 % of its holdings), while David Tepper's Appaloosa dumped all 681,463 shares that it had owned.

Healthy snacking is on the rise in China, with Chinese consumers eating more nuts, seeds, fresh fruit, vegetables and dairy based snacks, new research shows, while more than a quarter of them are eating less chocolate confectionery.

That's also how you get Ginn dropping a pass at the 15 - yard line on a deep dig route that ends up being intercepted by T.J. Ward (or as Phil Simms says, the 13 - yard pass was too haaard... SMDH) while his team is trailing 16 - 7 with less than six minutes left in the third quarter.

com survey of more than 4,000 parents found that while half of dads say they split child care evenly with their partner, less than a quarter of mothers agree.

As IPPR's new report into political inequality shows, less than half of 18 — 24 - year - olds voted, compared to nearly four - fifths of the over-65s, while three - quarters of «AB» individuals cast a ballot, against just over half of «DE» registered voters.

While Finance Chair Domenic Recchia Jr.'s Brooklyn district received $ 1,630,064 ($ 10.30 per constituent), the district that received the least amount of money got less than a quarter of that (just $ 2.16 per resident)-- a difference of $ 1.3 million.

And while there will be a record number of women MPs in the new Commons, the total of 139 — which includes 48 Tories, almost a more significant breakthrough — is still less than a quarter of the 649 MPs elected on Thursday and only 11 more than in the last parliament.

About a quarter of the 40,000 subjects drank less than one cup a day, on average, while a similar number reported drinking more than five cups, or half a litre, daily.

According to a recently released report from Civic Enterprises and the Democratic Leadership Council entitled «Quiet Crisis: The Impact of the Economic Downturn on the Nonprofit Sector,» few of these groups have strong reserves to weather the downturn — more than half have less than three months of operating funds on hand, while three - quarters can not make it six months on existing cash reserves.

We literally have two posts and a drape partition so people can use the bathroom [while we're working] since we're situated less than an quarter mile from stage.

While a quarter of survey respondents said they would be worried about their relationship being spoiled, one American study recently suggested that the satisfaction of couples who had fallen in love at work was noticeably less than those meeting through an online dating site.1 For Irish employees looking for professional and personal stability, perhaps keeping romance and work separate is the best idea!

But while the new cast, like Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage were well chosen, the pacing was off, and instead of the clever condensing that worked so well to wrestle «Lord of the Rings» down into a rich trilogy that lived beyond its frames, we get the padding out of a book that's less than a quarter the length.

In terms of market share, Chromebooks maintained their momentum during the first quarter, accounting for more than 50 % of education sales in the USA during the first quarter, while Windows saw its share of the market decrease YoY within the USA to less than a quarter of all shipments.

The Class Pay Gap report found that almost three - quarters of doctors come from privileged backgrounds while less than six per cent come from working - class backgrounds.

Conversely, teachers would give principal recommendations nearly half the weight (44 percent), while the public would give their recommendations less than one - quarter (23 percent).

When Gallup, NBC and the Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press used the same language to ask Americans about the direction of the nation as a whole while our survey was in the field, less than one - quarter reported that it is on the right track (Q. 5).

While a majority of the participating schools in Florida and Indiana told us they plan to increase their enrollment of scholarship students in the coming year, less than a quarter of Louisiana respondents said they plan to increase their enrollment.

While two - thirds of Russia's landmass is in Asia, less than a quarter of its trade is within the region.

All the while, he's plotting a way to take your Grand Cherokee and make it go from zero to 60 mph in less than five seconds and run the quarter - mile in less than 13 seconds.

The Big 5 now account for less than a quarter of e-book purchases on Amazon, while indies are closing in on 45 %.

The top «big time» publishers now produce less than a quarter of eBook purchases on Amazon, while indies are close to 45 %.

Altogether 90 % of publishers sell e-books, but the census found their sales pattern was highly skewed, with nearly a quarter of publishers» e-book sales accounting for less than 3 % of total sales, while only a third believed e-books will be 50 % of their sales by 2020 — down from 48.2 % two years ago.

A recent survey found that 32 percent of Americans plan to «save more, spend less», while more than a quarter (27.5 percent) intend to pay down...

While the trading volumes have increased, the firm's revenues have remained more or less consistent with EZTrader reporting $ 7.0 million for the quarter, a number that is lower than a year ago, when the binary options brokerage announced revenues totaling $ 7.1 million.

Survey data also showed that while 41 percent of 35 - to 44 - year - old respondents are invested in a workplace retirement plan, a third (34 percent) of respondents in that age group said they haven't thought about their approach to employing different sources of retirement income and less than a quarter (23 percent) currently work with a financial advisor.

Most white households (59 percent) report scores of 700 or above, displaying strong credit, while less than one quarter of African Americans (24 percent) are able to attain the same high credit rating status.

The heaviest known dog may have been Zorba, an English mastiff that weighed 343 pounds (155 kilograms), while the smallest dog alive may be Meyzi, a terrier less than a quarter - pound (110 grams) in size.

They went ahead and released their 4th quarter figures and while they reported a loss once again, it was considerably less than a year prior.

While executives of Sotheby's and Christie's may have quietly taken some solace in the less than stellar performance of the Impressionist and Modern Art auction this spring at Phillips's stunning temporary quarters at the American Crafts Museum at 40 West 53rd Street across from the Museum of Modern Art, Phillips's second major auction may give them some serious second thoughts.

While China now tops the U.S. in emissions, per capita emissions in China are less than one - quarter of those in the United States.

While Mali's per capita GDP stands above 1,000 US - Dollars per year, about three quarters of the population actually live on less than one US - Dollar per day.

While more than three - quarters of college students were very concerned in the 1990s, less than one - third of students today indicate they are very concerned.

The result is that students coming from divorced households will pay nearly 60 % of their own college costs, while their counterparts from homes with married parents will pay for less than a quarter of the same educational expenses.

While effective rents grew by 14 % over 12 months ended June 30, the rate of growth slowed to less than 1 % in the second quarter from 3 % in the first quarter, according to the most recent report from Reis.

«Sales of commercial properties costing less than $ 2.5 million in the third quarter were 11 percent above a year ago, while prices for smaller properties were 4 percent above the third quarter of 2012.»

Walmart's online sales over the critical holiday period grew at less than half the rate of previous quarters, while investments Marc Lore made to enhance the e-commerce business dented profitability.

The most active lender made 6,604 loans in 2013, while 666 lenders, a little less than a quarter of all active multifamily lenders, made just one multifamily loan each during the year, according to MBA's annual «Report of Multifamily Lending» for 2013.

Median home prices in the 586 counties analyzed in the report increased more than 7 percent on average in the third quarter of 2014 compared to a year ago, while average fair market rents for three - bedroom homes increased an average of less than 1 percent.

«Assisted living inventory grew by a preliminary 1.1 % in the third quarter, less than half the record pace we saw the prior quarter, while net absorption of units remained strong on the heels of last quarter's record quarterly increase,» said Beth Burnham Mace, chief economist of NIC.

«While the overall appreciation rate was robust in the first quarter, home price appreciation was somewhat less widespread than in recent quarters,» says FHFA Supervisory Economist Andrew Leventis.