How To Use One-fourth In A Sentence
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The upland plateau known as the sierra represents about one-fourth of Peru's land and holds a majority of the country's population.
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China's per capita water resources are one-fourth of the amount of the world average, and its per capita area of cultivatable farmland is 40 percent of the world average.
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And the last sentence is just wrong as a formulation; we do not expect individual coin flips to be 50: 50; we expect that over long series of flips, the ratio of heads to tails approaches unity, the ratio of two successive heads appearing (as opposed to any possible sequence of heads and tails of length two) is one-fourth of unity, etc.
Matthew Yglesias » The Bitter Fruits of a Finance-Oriented Economy
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And convert it has, at astonishing speed. The sale of property rights for development, which accounts for fully one-fourth of the local government's annual revenue, jumped 18 percent last year.
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Contracts for city paving and other improvements were let to favored bidders at an enormous figure, and Stone personally had one-fourth of the huge profits on "scamped" work, another fourth going to those who arranged the details and did the collecting.
The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man
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Therefore to prove Theorem 9 it suffices to show that each polygonal base of the prism has area equal to one-fourth the lateral surface area of the prism.
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Whenever a _level_ one-fourth teaspoonful is meant, as in the case of plasmogen, it is because the basic remedy is heavier and, therefore, the smaller quantity renders an equal amount in weight.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
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While they can still be used for juice or purée, the crumbly fruit brings only about one-fourth the price per pound that growers get for fresh or individually quick-frozen fruit.
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_Salmon: _ -- For each pound of goods, one-fourth pound of annotto, one-fourth pound of soap; rinse the goods well in warm water, put them into mixture and boil one-half hour.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home
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Suppose it be desired to photograph four different species of acari on one plate, the image of each when magnified to the desired extent only covering about one-fourth the exposed area of the plate.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885
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For the same light output as an incandescent, most compact fluorescents use only one-third to one-fourth the energy.
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For example, Lantech launched a new integrated palletizer/stretch wrapper at the Chicago show that runs at one-third the rate of previous palletizers, requires one-fourth the footprint on the factory floor, and employs practically no complex electronics to sense where the pallet is, when to start, and when to stop.
Lean Thinking
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About one-fourth of the tumors treated with the chosen dose became impalpable 10 days after but all of them showed recurrence within the next 2 weeks.
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Then add one-fourth a teaspoonful, each, of mace and paprica, half a teaspoonful of salt and one cup and a half of stock, and cook five or six minutes.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
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In the past 20 years, the kibbutzes have lost one-fourth of their population and members today number 120,000, a small fraction of Israel's 7 million people.
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• One-fourth cup low-fat cottage cheese and four whole-grain crackers
USATODAY.com - Small bites for kids
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This land was worked by the fellahin, who wielded two to three crops each season, usually keeping one-fourth to one-half of the harvest for themselves.
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The five species and subspecies of Sardinops yield roughly one-fourth of the catch of all clupeoid fishes, making it one of the most productive of all clupeoid genera.
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When you plant a new hedge, prune vigorous shrubs, such as privet, by reducing the length of the branches and shrub height by one-fourth to one-third.
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Make a sauce of two tablespoonfuls of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, one-fourth a teaspoonful, each, of salt and paprica, half a cup of well-seasoned stock and half a cup of well-reduced tomato pulp.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
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The upland plateau known as the sierra represents about one-fourth of Peru's land and holds a majority of the country's population.
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Bus tickets cost one-fourth to one-third the price of an air ticket.
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As a working designer, I knew the kind of deadline-conscious calculations I made to cope with something as trivial as the paste-up of a 32-page brochure: one-fourth done, halfway done, ten more to go, five more…
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At the end of the third week, the embryon is a little less than one-fourth of an inch in length.
Plain Facts for Old and Young
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And convert it has, at astonishing speed. The sale of property rights for development, which accounts for fully one-fourth of the local government's annual revenue, jumped 18 percent last year.
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The young as-yet unnamed wholphin is one-fourth false killer whale and three-fourths Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
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Beat two eggs (or, better, one egg and the yolks of two) slightly, season with one-fourth a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of paprica and a few drops of anchovy essence or onion juice; add half a cup of milk, and, when well mixed, pour into the moulds around the fish.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
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Make a French dressing of two tablespoonfuls of oil, half a tablespoonful (scant) of vinegar, one-fourth a teaspoonful, each, of paprica and salt.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
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The Shawanoe had hardly taken his position to act as cowen, when the venison steaks were about one-fourth broiled, which was enough to satisfy the parties interested.
The Hunters of the Ozark
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But in May 1650, he sold Gorbals to the Magistrates and Council of Glasgow; to be held by them - one fourth for the behoof of the city, two-fourths for behoof of Hutcheson's Hospital and one-fourth for behoof of the Trades’ Hospital.
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Mix half a cup of grated Parmesan and one-fourth a cup of grated Gruyère cheese and one-fourth a teaspoonful of paprica with two-thirds a cup of chicken aspic, cold, but not set.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
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The overcoat was of navy blue beaver cloth, double-breasted, rolling collar, pocket-welts on back, breast pocket with flap on the right side, the waist extending to one inch below the hip, and the skirt to three inches below the bend of the knee, swell edge stitch one-fourth of an inch from edge, flaps on pocket, swell edge stitched one fourth of an inch from edge.
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In addition, these 800 corporate giants employ approximately one-fourth of the entire labor force.
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Lap ends one-fourth inch and backstitch closely at each edge of flap.
Make Your Own Hats
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Three-fourths have made a web page, and one-fourth have added moving graphics or video clips to them.
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Christopher Borrelli at The Chicago Tribune is reporting that at least one-fourth of the audience at the screening he attended last weekend walked out, apparently having walked in unaware what type of movie they were going to be shown:
Who walks out on the Watchmen? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
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To reduce the fat in guacamole, replace one-fourth of the avocado with an equal amount of puréed, canned or fresh tomatillos.
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11, Liberal Party 10 note: for certain purposes, the parliament divides itself into two chambers and elects one-fourth of its membership in the Lagting and three-forths of its membership in the Odelsting
The 2007 CIA World Factbook
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Sauté one clove of garlic and half an onion, grated or chopped fine, in three tablespoonfuls of butter; add two tablespoonfuls of flour, one-fourth a teaspoonful of paprica and one pimento, chopped fine; also, add one cup of tomato pulp, and, when the sauce boils, half a pound of
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
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It was at first manufactured from common clay, which contains about one-fourth its weight of aluminum, but in 1855 Rose announced to the scientific world that it could be obtained from a material called "cryolite," found in Greenland in large quantities, imported into Germany under the name of "mineral soda," and used as a washing soda and in the manufacture of soap.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
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But even one-fourth of an ounce tops $400, and that's just raw cost for the gold part alone, never mind everyone along the way marking it up a little, and then the handcrafting which is probably the biggest expense.
Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: The Rising Cost of Gold (and Dentistry)
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Her popularity saw a boost, and student drug and alcohol addiction — though by no means eradicated — decreased from one-third to one-fourth in the mid-80s.
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To plumpen the hands: One-fourth ounce tincture of benzoin, eight ounces of rose-water, and four ounces of refined linseed oil.
The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture
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There are about fifty bats, of which less than one-fourth are Indian species; thirty-four Rodents (squirrels, rats, &c.), of which six or eight only are Indian; and ten Insectivora, with one exception peculiar to the Malay region.
The Malay Archipelago
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Other complications, such as pendulous tits or projections, from one-fourth to one and a half inches in length, are attendant upon fistula.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
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Some of the more successful programs have reduced the rearrest rate by one-fourth to one-half.
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Asian-born residents comprise one-fourth of the nation's total foreign-born population, and China is the second largest (after Mexico) country of birth for immigrant Americans.
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Besides this, China's per-capita average of forested land, grassland and freshwater resources amounts to only one-ninth, one-third and one-fourth of the respective world averages.
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For the same light output as an incandescent, most compact fluorescents use only one-third to one-fourth the energy.