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Three-quarters of smokers think they're too high, as you might have expected.

Surveys suggest, he said, that about three-quarters of mainland China's fund managers had spent less than three years in the profession.

Relatively few users actually pay at all, but they are enough to account for three-quarters of the company's revenue.

Men did not fare much better, with three-quarters admitting to having had such a friendship.

At least three-quarters of a cup a day. I did not notice any blood.

Many people are not even equal to three-quarters could not say by how much.

Less than an hour after the Bank of England's decision, the ECB reduced its main rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, to 2. 5%.

He said consumers could be asked to shoulder two-thirds to three-quarters of the cost of the additional duties.

Three- quarters of Japan's nuclear generating capacity continued to operate during the earthquake, while most of the hydro-plants failed.

The main graduation lines shall extend at least three quarters of the way around the graduate and shall be numbered.

Three-quarters of an hour had not elapsed since they had risen in bed in the dark, nail in hand, and their project in their heads.

BP will also pay no dividend, as some American politicians have been demanding, for at least the next three quarters.

More than three-quarters were migrants returning from, or trying to get into, the United States.

Premier Anna Bligh said the area about three quarters of a disaster area, the equivalent land area of South Africa.

Encouragingly, more than three-quarters of those surveyed did not expect the world to slip back into a "double-dip" recession.

Three-quarters of men now say it is no longer important for them to be the one who earns the most, new research reveals.

Even a few percentage points matter, because fuel accounts for around three-quarters of the lifetime cost of a turbine.

About three-quarters of the companies that have reported so far have done better than analysts expected.

The Libya campaign has already cost three-quarters of a billion dollars, and yet Obama hasn't had to ask Congress for a dime.

Thus three-quarters of all the foreign currency reserves accumulated since the beginning of time have been piled up in this decade.

Back in the late 1970s it was the other way round: the British economy was only three-quarters the size of the French one.

Against the Japanese yen, the euro fell to a four-year low and is now only three-quarters of its value in July.

Two-thirds of men and women had cheated online, while three-quarters admitted having an affair having had an affair in real life.

The extended romp of 2006 to 2007 was an anomaly; historically, festivities have lasted two or three quarters at best.

Three-quarters of a century later, politically inspired protectionism was a worldwide response to the Great Depression.

And as you can see, that's three-quarters of the food that we're eating for the most part, processed foods and fast foods.

The X6 M's rear-three quarters view is perhaps its best At speed, the car seems to shrink around you, contrary to its large street presence.

On the import side, industrial products have accounted for roughly three-quarters of the total so far this year.

Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.

Despite this, almost three quarters admitted at least one of the diets failed.

Three-quarters of squabbles occur in cases of divorce or inheritance when a spouse or other heirs challenge a seller's right to sell.

This rises to nearly three-quarters of those parents below the poverty line, the online poll of 854 parents for Save the Children indicated.

I tried this speech out on them last night and am happy to report that none of them fell asleep until I was three quarters done.

They fought their way from 13 down in the first half to a two-point lead after three quarters. Then it was McGrady's time.

It takes the planet only 88 days to whirl around the sun, though, so a Mercurian day lasts about three-quarters of the Mercurian year.

The U. S. study found three quarters of all baby boomers considered themselves to be middle-aged or younger, even if they were in their 60s.

He said U. S. lawmakers are losing patience with covering three-quarters of defense spending for the coalition.

A recent survey showed that nearly three quarters of us are prepared to be organ donors.

Eventually, these activities developed into larger businesses, and today at least three-quarters of North Korean market vendors are women.

About three-quarters of the world's fossil-fuel reserves must be left unused if dangerous climate change is to be avoided, scientists warn.

Go three-quarters of the distance, he said there is no laughter, most people feel tired.

A year ago, in a group of 24 large developing nations, three-quarters were either meeting or besting their inflation targets.

After resting on the ocean floor, split asunder and rusting for about three quarters of a century, a great ship seemed to come alive again.

Their numbers represented more than three quarters of the total number of applicants and approvals.

THREE-QUARTERS of Britons want an annual limit on the number of immigrants allowed to come and stay, according to a YouGov poll in April.

The Nasdaq Composite fell about three quarters from its peak, and, of course, many technology stocks were wiped out altogether.

The rest of the class was in the same predicament; and there we sat for three quarters of an hour with blank paper and equally blank minds.

More than three quarters of men and 81 per cent of women did less than one 30-minute session of moderate or vigorous exercise per week.

The downturn would last two to three quarters and be "relatively mild by historical standards" , he said.

Each program brings together different subjects and extends in length over two or three quarters.

A company may need to beat profits forecasts for two or three quarters before the market is willing to give the stock a premium valuation.

Japan and its allies must win the support of three-quarters of the IWC's members to overturn the moratorium on whaling adopted back in 1982.

And three-quarters are self-conscious enough to try to avoid appearing in snaps altogether.

Inefficient state farms occupy three-quarters of the best land but leave much of it idle.

He switched off the light , called for the first slide , and talked for three quarters of an hour in Stygian tenebrosity .

The market is going to give her another two to three quarters to see what she is capable of.

The US government is taking control of three-quarters of the US mortgage industry as measured by the flow of new home loans.

It has hooked three-quarters of its customers on digital video recorders, which let them pause live television and record programmes easily.

He had only three-quarters of an hour left before the time appointed by his Clara would elapse.

More than three-quarters of the company's production is sold to China, one reason it keeps factories there.

A recent opinion poll found that about three-quarters of Japanese still fear the group, believing it is capable of a similar attack.

Federal anti-lottery legislation in the 1890s closed the door on them for three quarters of a century.

The year before he had owed his housekeeper's wages; now, as we have seen, he owed three quarters of his rent.

The Fort Laramie treaty called for at least three-quarters of the tribe to sign away land .

About three-quarters of problem gamblers suffer from depression, and quite a few attempt suicide.

Three-quarters of Jamaican nurses are fed up with their working conditions, says a survey quoted by the bank.

Three-quarters of a million tourists flock to the pristine, white beaches every year - but this booming industry has come at a price.

Perhaps players have been unlucky and will gain their shooting touch in the last three quarters of the tournament .

China produces about three-quarters of the world's garlic. Argentina and Spain are the next largest exporters.

Nearly three-quarters of women also feel sending flirtatious emails is cheating, as opposed to 53 percent of men.

Three-quarters of our planet is covered by water. Mrs. Brown is pleased by her son, because he had an "A" for both French and German.

Three-quarters of the company's operating profit came from East Asia in the six months through September.

Three-quarters of US repondents to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center said college was now too expensive for most Americans.

In America, three-quarters of students on a four-year university course will have toiled as an intern at least once before graduation.

The amount an agent gets for a new policy has fallen by up to three-quarters.

Only in the last three weeks, three-quarters of a billion dollars worth of drugs - found and destroyed.

if you are wearing flats or covers at least three-quarters of your heel.

Two or three quarters of all the increase in exports of more than 20%, growth rate compared with the same period in 2008 more than 10%.

The great American railroads responded, immediately employing non-union workers to replace three quarters of the empty positions.

Personal spending has grown at a faster pace in each of the last three quarters. Things could certainly be worse.

Globally, close to three quarters of people receiving antiretroviral drugs are in Africa, where the epidemic is disproportionately severe.

It doesn't take much of a reaction to wipe out a margin of only three quarters of a point.

So probably we would suffer one, two or three quarters of negative growth.

Three-quarters of the tuition at public universities is covered by US taxpayers whether or not you are a citizen.

More than three quarters of the total herbicide load of the effluent of the rural waste water treatment plant consists of isoproturon.

According to Ipsos MORI, a pollster, three-quarters of people plan to spend at least as much on their garden this year as last.

After logging three-quarters of each year on the road, Peter realized he had no real friends to confide in.

But Mr Mittal already has in-house ore supplies to cover half his needs and expects this to grow to three-quarters in a few years.

It is going to be slow tough incremental growth probably for another two to three quarters.

Three-quarters of this rise, he says, is due to cost inflation, and only about a quarter to the ageing of America's population.

Three-quarters of KPS's deals have been "synthetic bankruptcies" , in which it buys the struggling subsidiaries of bigger corporations.

For instance right now , three quarters of the energy that we use is actually used to feed the technium itself .

If it chooses to secede, a new country will emerge with about three-quarters of all the oil presently possessed by Sudan.

Angel Clare, to whom three-quarters of this performance was a commonplace act of kindness, now approached Izz.

"Based on our pessimistic scenario, the fall of gross domestic product will last for three quarters, " he said.

The proposal still needs to be passed by three-quarters of the IWC member nations at its annual congress in Morocco this June.

Charge a pair of three (quarters to pay), long-term lease is preferred.

Based on his results, the growth in Internet usage can explain about three quarters of the total declines in term life prices.

In Britain, women make up three-quarters of the student body in education and in health and welfare, and less than a quarter in engineering.

Even if the higher figure is accurate, three-quarters of the crime decline had nothing to do with imprisonment.

According to one study, half of all households in Brazil contain at least one obese person; the share is three-quarters in Russia.

I sat three-quarters of an hour in the flower-garden, while Fanny cut the roses; and very pleasant it was, I assure you, but very hot.

Your body and arms cut off three-quarters of his passing lanes , meaning he can only pass to a teammate behind him.

Since 2003, it has grown to $810bn, with Gulf Arab states accounting for three-quarters of that amount.

In a recent poll three-quarters of German employees said they would like to work from home for part of the week.

And we see that about three quarters of people will say they are at least pretty happy, the majority.

Temasek, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, invests more than three-quarters of its portfolio exclusively in Asia.

Gabon and Guyana, almost three-quarters of which are covered by trees, say that, with foreign help, they would be happy to keep it that way.

They repatriated $750bn in the last three quarters, which helps explain the dollar's unexpected strength during the crisis.

The slider has been moved down to the bottom on the screen, instead of being about three quarters of the way down.

Napoleon three-quarters of a league; Wellington, half a league; seventy-two thousand combatants on each side.

The Summer Palace consists of two parts, the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. The lake occupies three quarters of the whole area.

The same may apply to any European who isn't white, and to anyone in the less affluent three-quarters of society.

While fewer than half of girls reported ever masturbating, the survey found that close to three-quarters of boys said they did.

Charity-About three-quarters of respondents in the U. S. and Latin America said wealth enabled them to give to charity.

Politicians are unwilling to raise taxes, so they squeeze suppliers instead: more than three-quarters of public hospitals operate at a loss.

It is not simply that three-quarters of those living on less than $2 a day still depend in some way on commonly held resources.

Three quarters of those questioned said they saw themselves more as a breadwinner than they did as a father.

This was his first marriage for three quarters of a century.

Three quarters of them are more pessimistic about the economy's prospects in the next six months.

More than three-quarters believed consuming fish to be healthier than eating beef, pork or poultry.

As a direct result, three quarters of the world's currency reserves have been accumulated just in this decade.

In 2006, three-quarters of those of its members who actually voted backed the candidate their union endorsed.

The rank numbers show how accurate each analyst's revenue and EPS estimates were over the past three quarters (the lower the better).

The magazine which also happened to contain a special swimsuit issue was picked three-quarters of the time, regardless of the other content.

About three-quarters of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index have reported their earnings so far.

Latest Department of Health figures show at least three-quarters of girls aged between 12 and 15 have received all three doses.

China makes three-quarters of the world's toys, but a combination of safety fears and the global slowdown has hit the sector hard.

It is released that there were no serious accidents of vegetable across the province during the first three quarters of 2011.

GAM has about three-quarters of its money invested with hedge funds it first invested with during their first year of operation.

Nearly three-quarters of individuals reporting a bribe said they had been asked for bribes more than once.

Three-quarters of these projects include a technology component.

The company says it has more than 500 million users, and more than three-quarters of them are overseas.

More than three-quarters ranked the Internet as an important source of information, yet just over half said newspapers were important.

But volumes since then have been running at only about three-quarters of the norm from earlier in the year.

Nearly three-quarters of the 104 survivors have stayed with the firm, high in an industry that usually sees heavy turnover.

Water covers three quarters of the Earth, but only a small fraction is accessible as freshwater.

The official rate does not include 1m people who once worked in residential construction, where three-quarters of jobs have been lost.

As Michael Lewis of Deutsche Bank points out, three-quarters of the world's supply comes as a by-product from copper, lead and zinc mines.

About three-quarters of the budget is now funded directly by governments.

Three quarters of the surface of the earth is covered by water.

Almost three-quarters of the 1, 010 respondents said they believed the Games would have no impact on their business whatsoever.

Although nearly three quarters of the earth's surface is covered with water, it is sea water and undrinkable .

I found in my ashtray there sat three quarters and two pennies. Odd ly enough, it was the very 77 cents.

Three quarters of its members who voted have back industrial action in a row over jobs and pay.

Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve have reduced interest rates another three-quarters of a point.

Nearly three-quarters of those were hacked by servers in the United States.

At the Global Vaccine Summit, leaders and philanthropists have pledged nearly three-quarters of the funding.

Having repaid government support, its share price is back to three-quarters of its record high.

About three-quarters of those present, one visitor gleefully observed, were "cheque-writers" .

Top of the list is China, with three-quarters of bosses feeling the heat.

Almost three-quarters of the electorate voted on Saturday on whether divorce should be introduced in Malta.

The Young Amelia left it three-quarters of a league to the larboard, and kept on for Corsica.

its assets are three-quarters the size of the hedge-fund industry before accounting for hedge-fund borrowing.

Since July, it has appreciated by three-quarters against the shrinking pound.

Investment and net exports generated close to three-quarters of China's incremental demand in recent years.

Still, the profit ended three quarters of losses and is a clear sign the company's leading position in China is paying off.

Globally, according to the Save Our Seas Foundation, more than three-quarters of the population lives that near to the sea.

She is now about three-quarters of an inch long and about the size of a kidney bean.

Yet three-quarters of the EU's budget comes in the form of direct contributions from governments, based on national income.

Ocean covers almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth, and nearly half of the world's marine waters are over 3000 m deep.

Gome in the first three quarters of the outstanding operating performance, management Layer of confidence in future business growth.

Three quarters of assets for the new group would be in Asia, from the 35 per cent held there by Prudential now.

To answer, the CFO enters the projected earnings for each of the other three quarters and the projection for the entire year.

About three-quarters of its revenues came from Sinovel, China's largest wind turbine manufacturer.

Romania's trade deficit has shrunk by three-quarters this year, easing concerns about coverage of the current-account deficit.

Minutes, broth surplus three-quarters of time, put any MSG, wet starch flour, juice hair thick drench into balm, filled into the pan.

Demographers reckon that at least three-quarters of Egyptians actually live in urban areas.

Farming is the only or primary source of income for more than three-quarters of the world's poor.

Ecological plant characteristics, the formation of four seasons with King, three quarters of flowering landscape effects.

Fifty or more formations appear in Britain's fields each year, usually between May and August; around three-quarters are in Wiltshire.

Britain's government plans to squeeze three-quarters of its budget adjustment from spending cuts.

Three-quarters of the air cargo heading into Iraq passes through Incirlik air base there.

About three-quarters of Mr. McNutt's sales are from fruitcakes, and 27% of the weight of each fruitcake is pecans.

Men make up half of the workforce but have shouldered more than three-quarters of the 5. 1m job losses since the recession started.

But many of the three-quarters or so of Tunisians who do not consider themselves Islamist mistrust Nahda, many of them deeply.

Iterative development is harder on the project manager, especially for the first three-quarters of the project.

That means newcomers cannot afford to ignore the rural countryside where three-quarters of the population reside.

"Nine and three-quarters! " piped a small girl, also red-headed, who was holding her hand, "Mom, can't I go. . . "

Slit fillets three-quarters of the way through down the middle lengthwise. Open out. Spread with mustard.

Their efforts have persuaded three-quarters of Americans to believe that Goldman probably committed fraud.

Working fathers spare less than three quarters of an hour with their children.

Roughly three-quarters of the spending is slated to go into railways, roads and other capital-intensive projects.

Eliminating these rights for anyone else will require three-quarters of the states to ratify another amendment.

About three-quarters of Lagos's people have access to safe drinking water; the Nigerian average is less than 30%.

The European Central Bank cut its key rate by a greater-than-expect three-quarters of a percentage point Thursday, to 2. 5%.

Nearly three-quarters of the population in Singapore are ethnic Chinese but English is the national language.

It has also delayed the U. S. launch of its e6 until 2012 and warned its net profit for the first three quarters may fall 85 to 95 percent.

About half-past six, three-quarters of an hour after sunrise, the mist became more transparent.

A study of 1880 family structure in Philadelphia showed that three quarters of all black families were nuclear (two parents plus children).

Approximately three quarters of patients are diagnosed with disease limited to the bowel wall or surrounding lymph nodes.

Also the International Monetary Fund has completed more than three-quarters of its own planned sales of 403. 3 metric tons.

For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.

Southern Sudan holds three-quarters of the country's known oil reserves and potentially large unexploited deposits.

Britain's dependence on gas for its electricity seems set to rise from just under half to three-quarters in a decade.

So, it is likely that the crush in the last three quarters will decline very sharply, " says USDA. "

Bill Box is the communications manager for INTERTANKO, an association whose members own about three-quarters of the world's tanker fleet.

For these countries, where food comprises from half to three quarters of consumption, there is no margin for survival.

Three-quarters of female graduates are estimated to aspire to management positions compared with half their US counterparts.

Nearly three quarters of the companies that responded monitored their recruitment by gender.

The market, recovering from 26-year lows plumbed in March, is still down three- quarters from its 1989 peak.

Overall, approximately three-quarters of respondents (73%) reported that they treat patients with schizophrenia.

It has been stated that three-quarters of its visitors are under twenty-five.

To balance the books, he raised some taxes, notably VAT, but three-quarters of the savings will come from spending cuts.

Our shared past is a tumble of scenes reaching back three-quarters of a century.

Our little girl was a healthy six pounds, one and three quarters ounces, and she cried on cue.

The GDSs processed nearly three-quarters of all intermediary (online and traditional travel agency) sales in the U. S. in 2008.

Across the sample, micro-firms, which employ ten people or less, make up about three-quarters of all firms.

Construction is a favourite, accounting for three-quarters of recent private Chinese investment in Africa.

The lack of price weakness reflects the sources of demand: about three-quarters from emerging markets, mostly China.

Women make up almost three-quarters of the graduate body in health and welfare, and almost two-thirds in humanities and the arts.

The loans that funded the big deals typically trade at three-quarters of their face value, implying distress.

Almost three-quarters believed their age made it harder to compete for jobs with younger workers.

Already, three-quarters of biodiversity in crops has been lost in the last century, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and only 10 percent make purchases even once a month.

About three-quarters of India's current military hardware is of Russian origin.

Over three quarters of the city was destroyed in the war.

Three quarters of City Index clients, though, failed to do this.

Some countries never lost their enthusiasm for nuclear power. It provides three-quarters of French electricity.

Many Latinos still feed their pets table scraps: three-quarters of Mexican hounds make do with leftover bits of burrito.

Almost three quarters of councils have already reduced street lighting in their area, or are considering doing so.

Bear, by contrast, remained dependent on the US for three-quarters of its revenues.

This single Rolls-Royce contract accounted for more than three-quarters of the value of business done on the trip.

In all, domestic investment in the city surged 31% to $8. 1 billion in the first three quarters of 2009 from a year earlier.

Almost three-quarters of the population may be under- or unemployed.

Nearly three-quarters of Texans approve of it.

The preliminary GDP report released last month showed the economy grew at the weakest pace in three quarters.

Nearly three-quarters of Indians responding to the survey said they don't feel guilty about splurging on luxury goods.

The 'China', for Liverpool, had started three-quarters of an hour before!

In 1982 more than three-quarters of Riau was forested. Only about a quarter is now.

Funds that had performed well in the previous three quarters attracted significantly more money.

Rather than hiring or firing, however, three-quarters of small companies have adopted a "wait and see" approach.

trousers lengths to an upright position under cover heel trouser three-quarters is preferred.

Three of the mates and more than three-quarters of the crew were fervent worshipers of the Lord of Light.

Bloomberg survey this week found that three-quarters of American investors believe he is against business.

Three quarters of them found that increased media viewing was associated with negative health outcomes.

On Tuesday the committee lowered its target for the federal funds rate to four and three-quarters percent.

Three-quarters of those who were unemployed were long-term unemployed.

But for women, whomake up three-quarters of new defectors, according to recent reports, life asan undocumented migrant can be even worse.

Prevention of Nighttime GERD Nearly three-quarters of patients with frequent GERD symptoms have them at night.

Recent spot checks found that three quarters of Lorries that failed safety tests were registered overseas.

The first marine was stuck, maybe three-quarters of the way up the stairway.

Three-quarters of the measures taking effect next year are tax increases, not spending cuts.

Okay, so we congratulate ourselves that we've held losses down to three quarters of one percent of total business.

The Czech National Bank also cut its key rate by three-quarters of a point to 2. 75%, a far bigger cut than analysts expected.

About three-quarters of its portfolio is invested in the region, and almost 40 per cent in financial institutions.

The top 100 made more than three-quarters of all returns for investors since they were founded, in an industry of about 7, 000 managers.

Rio Tinto made more than three quarters of its profits from iron ore this year.

Meanwhile, Intel's shares have risen by 60 per cent since April and its earning estimates have risen by three quarters.

Sands China is the second-largest player in Macao, where total gaming revenues reached $10. 4bn over the first three quarters of this year.