Sentences with phrase «with less than a quarter»

Industrialized countries with less than a quarter of the world's population are responsible for about three - quarters of the carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels.

Women have long expressed a desire, passion and capability to join the highest ranks of the culinary industry, but continue to lack the same access, opportunities and support as their male counterparts — with less than a quarter of females chefs in leadership roles.

The only other conference with a winning record in January bowls during that timeframe is the Pac - 12, with less than a quarter of the games the SEC has played.

When Robson - Kanu did appear, as a substitute with less than a quarter of the game remaining, he scrambled the winning goal.

When he dropped her off, he had a full tank of gas.He pulled into his driveway hours later with less than a quarter of atank.

He pulled into his driveway hours later with less than a quarter of a tank.

When the car was cornered hard with less than a quarter - tank of fuel, the engine occasionally sputtered midway through the turn.

«In 2020, more than 80 % of authors will operate independently and will control and manage their entire writing output with less than a quarter earning a full time living.

Slim, Stylish Design The new 8 - inch Wi - Fi ® - enabled device is featherweight at only 9.3 ounces, and is incredibly slim with its less than a quarter - of - an - inch design.

The new 8 - inch Wi - Fi ® - enabled device is featherweight at only 9.3 ounces, and is incredibly slim with its less than a quarter - of - an - inch design.

To put that into perspective, there are 10million cattle in the UK, a country with a surface area less than three per cent of Brazil's and with less than a quarter of Brazil's human population.

With less than a quarter (24 per cent) of Canadians contributing to their RRSPs in 2012, according to Stats Can, the advice seems to be falling on deaf ears.

Not exact matches

Continental posted net income of $ 233.9 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with $ 469,000, or less than a penny per share, in the year - ago quarter, when oil prices plummeted - and the company's production costs were higher.

In fact, Walmart Canada shares less than a quarter of its merchandise with U.S. stores.

The bad: Total VC funding across all technology sectors was roughly 40 percent less than it was at the end of June» 08, with about $ 4 billion in funding received in the second quarter of 2009 versus $ 7 billion in Q2 2008.

This year, the difference between quarters has also been dramatic with the bank's provision estimate for second quarter dropping sharply to less than one - fourth of last year's quarterly low.

Only telecom remained moribund, with just $ 204 billion in funding in Q2» 09, less than half what it was in the first quarter and just one - third the dollars committed in 2008's second quarter.

Two thirds of Canadians do not agree with the current law where employers are allowed to pay temporary foreign workers less for equivalents skills and duties (66 %), and just more than a quarter agree (28 %).

That doesn't jibe with the experience of current retirees who are working, almost three - quarters (72 %) of whom report earning less on an hourly basis now than they did in their old roles.

In the January - March quarter, earnings are expected to climb less than 1 per cent compared with the year earlier, according to FactSet, a financial data provider.

Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

Green Mountain, which controls more than three - quarters of the U.S. market, ranks fourth globally with less than 8 percent.

After battling back from a five - goal deficit, the Bucs pulled within one goal of St. Thomas Aquinas, at 8 - 7, with less than 40 seconds in the third quarter.

The board also turned against Patrick Soon - Shiong — who even as he closes on the L.A. Times sale still remains Tronc's second - largest shareholder, with something less than a quarter of the company.

The company aims for 3 - 5 % organic sales growth per year going forward, with the U.S. retail segment having 2 - 3 % growth (representing most of the company), the international segment having 5 - 7 % annual growth (representing less than a quarter of the company), and the U.S. professional segment having 10 - 15 % annual growth (representing only a small portion of the company).

Nevertheless, less than a quarter of US respondents (23 %) currently work with an advisor, and only 2 % said they plan to start working with one in the next five years.

More specifically, the brewer must produce no more than 6 million barrels of beer annually, less than one - quarter of the business can be owned or controlled by a company that's not a craft brewer, and the products must be made with traditional ingredients such as malted barley.

Beginning in 1983 with modest investments in two small mines in Ontario and Québec, he and his partners, including Bob Smith, the legendary mining engineer, grew Barrick into the world's largest gold miner in less than a quarter century.

Its first - quarter net profit slumped by 79 percent, it replaced its CEO of less than three years, John Cryan, this month with new CEO Christian Sewing whose game plan revolves around «painful» cuts.

But a quarter of U.S. real estate already is in negative equity — worth less than the mortgages attached to it — and the property market is still shrinking, so banks are not lending except with public Federal Housing Administration guarantees to cover whatever losses they may suffer.

With less than two months for Apple to get the iPhone X into the hands of consumers during the holiday quarter — one month less than usual — some investors were worried it simply wouldn't be able to ship as many iPhones as usual.

Less than a quarter thought it was to do with an «inner glow and beauty», which they equated with being «full of the Spirit».

During the Obama election years, as many as a quarter of evangelicals voted Democrat; with Clinton, it was nearly 10 percentage points less than that.

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.

The catch rule bit the Falcons with less than four minutes to play in the fourth quarter.

With a little less than six minutes left in the first quarter, the Texans had a second - and - 5 at their own 32 - yard line.

Less than a minute into the second quarter, he put the Cardinal up 28 - 0 with a punt return.

They were still up 14 - 13 with less than five minutes left in the third quarter.

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.

Less than four months after the Iron Sergeant walked out on England, the Three Lions are preparing to face his native Italy in the quarter - finals of a major tournament, with Capello's unhappy regime quickly slipping from memory.

Cleveland, playing with less pressure tonight than on their opening game, has the lead through two quarters over the Eastern Conference favorites.

He was hurt on a tackle with less than three minutes left in the first quarter.

With less than a minute left in the fourth quarter, the highly favored Cornhuskers had the ball on the Seminoles» three - yard line, trailing 18 — 14.

So it was a 12 - 10 game, with less than half of the final quarter left, when Wagner got his revenge.

Joachim Low navigated his German side's safe passage into a semi-final against Brazil, and he sounded delighted with the less - than - exciting nature of their quarter final victory over France:

Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield tossed a three - yard touchdown pass to Mark Andrews with less than five minutes remaining in the third quarter to put the Sooners up 28 — 3 over Kansas.

The Jaguars tallied 17 - points in the fourth quarter including a 51 - yard touchdown pass from Blake Bortles to Arrelious Benn with less than three minutes remaining.

Atlanta finally tied the score early in the last period and managed to get the Celtics into foul trouble with less than three minutes gone in the quarter.

If Arsenal walk off the pitch with less than 3 points they will leave the pitch to a chorus of boos from three - quarter empty stands.

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.