four-fifths

ARIS TOTLE Although an inferior race. . . the Persians control at least four-fifths of the known world.

Yet household expenditure surveys show that four-fifths of families have less than $3, 000 a year to spend.

It is a place of subsistence farming, where four-fifths are poor and a few are very rich.

It claims to be the source of four-fifths of the case-study materials used in the world's leading business schools.

Four-fifths of employers across the continent expect to make no staff changes and declines are expected in Spain, Ireland and Romania.

The manager entered the office and was happy to learn that four fifths of the tickets had been booked.

Since the end of 2007, more than four-fifths of the wide-body jets that Airbus has delivered have been A330 models.

In the U. K. , Shell and BP still constitute four-fifths of the FTSE All Share Oil & Gas Producers index.

Construction activity is now four-fifths below the peak of the building frenzy in early 2006.

Four fifths of the water is drunk by the children.

Testing has just begun on a second-generation cable coated with copper, which cuts four-fifths of the cost.

Official media reported that four-fifths of China's recycling units had closed and that millions will eventually be left without employment.

A year later 30 American ships cruised around Japan, and by1839 the number of Western whalers had grown to 550, four-fifths of themAmerican.

India imports four-fifths of its oil, mostly from the Persian Gulf, plus liquefied natural gas from Qatar and Indonesia.

More than four-fifths of crude oil bound for China crosses the Indian Ocean before passing through the narrow Malacca Strait.

The Chinese did not suddenly cut their oil consumption by four-fifths.

Qing china's salt supply was widely dispersed, although more than four-fifths of the salt produced came from the seacoast.

More than four-fifths of the I. M. F. 's members allow publication of the agency's annual staff reports on their economies.

More dramatic still, emerging markets produced more than four-fifths of global real GDP growth over the past five years.

Foreign workers with temporary residence status make up about four-fifths of the population.

Today circulation is over 1m, more than four-fifths of it outside Britain.

It's no exaggeration: four-fifths of the Earth remains largely unexplored and the Mariana Trench is the planet's deepest mystery.

Fully four-fifths of the French tell pollsters that they think "things are getting worse. "

I supported going into Iraq, as did four-fifths of the Congress, even though they've forgotten that today.

More than four-fifths of the world's population can now read and write -- including more than two-thirds of Africans.

The combined company will have sales of about $1. 5bn, with four-fifths of this initially coming from the old Charles River.

Nitrogen forms about four- fifths of the atmosphere .

They carry out over four-fifths of the country's public spending, but pocket only half of the taxes (see article).

Asked by pollsters whether they think murderers should be put to death, two-thirds of Americans say yes, down from four-fifths in 1994.

More than a third of production costs are dollar denominated, but the US and Europe account for four-fifths of sales.

In contrast, as many as four-fifths of property owners in Florida are insured against high winds and hurricanes.

Four fifths of the people agree with you.

Parisis a city of gaieties and pleasures where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief.

Statistics show four-fifths of the 110, 000 pupils educated in schools represented by the GSA will have children, Berry said.

In the second quarter, to the end of September, net profits fell by four-fifths on the year before.

Paris is a city of gaiety and pleasure where four fifths of the inhabitant die of grief.

If Britain follows the US, and pays four-fifths of compensation in equity, CEO pay will rise still further.

The whole garden covers 290 hectares , with the lake taking up four-fifths of its total area .

Some four-fifths of the output of such factories is exported.

Four-fifths of the growth in emissions between now and 2030 will come from those developing nations.

One fifth of a gallon OR four fifths of a quart of liquOR.

With the value of homes in free-fall, the GSEs backed more than four-fifths of recent US mortgages.

Four-fifths of the top 20-ranked countries are in North America and Europe.

Something like four-fifths of the assets in the banking system are controlled by 17 institutions.

Of those, about four-fifths came back while the rest asked to be reassigned.

Four-fifths of China's entire supply of oil comes through the Strait of Malacca.

The prisons remain an overcrowded horror, with four-fifths of the inmates yet to face trial.

A half empty building lights at night, daytime lights garage four fifths.

Four fifths of the population in that country are peasants.

The three national champs have lost over four-fifths of their market capitalisations this year.

In some areas of Birmingham, Leicester and the North West as many as four-fifths of students receive the grant, the unions said.

Foresters say that by 2013 four-fifths of BC "s central-southern pine forest will be gone. "

The maker of Oreo cookies, Philadelphia cream cheese and Post cereals is the leader in four- fifths of its markets in America .

A survey of 100 American business recruiters in 2006 revealed that four-fifths of them now resort to search engines when hiring new staff.

It imports about half of the oil it burns, a share that will rise to two-thirds by 2015 and four-fifths by 2030.

More than four-fifths of the rural population of 675m work on tiny plots.

As a result, four-fifths of the market is controlled by five big property companies, according to CLSA, the brokerage.

They consume over half of the world's energy and have accounted for four-fifths of the growth in oil demand in the past five years.

Over four-fifths were from poor families; nearly 90% were black or Hispanic.

the service had seen almost 100 passengers, four fifths of whom were female.

Women have long accounted for four-fifths of P&G's customers.

From 1980 to 2000, it lost more than four-fifths of its purchasing power.

Banking in China is relatively simple stuff: about four-fifths of revenues come from lending money at mostly government-set rates.

Four-fifths of exports are either fish or metals, such as aluminium, whose production relies on Iceland's cheap energy.

Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst.

Four-fifths choose an HMO.

For many members, the club is their only source of books: roughly four-fifths of the members of Circulo de Lectores never go to a bookshop.

I have finished four fifths of the work.

It can save energy consumption by four fifths.

Four fifths of the world's population live in developing countries while only one fifth in developed countries.

Finance: Four fifths of China's big commercial loans are raised in Hong Kong.

four-fifths of those buyers were from China and Hong Kong.

Four-fifths of students return home within five years of arriving,

Four-fifths of the world's fresh water is frozen.

Is four fifths of the air we breathe