How To Use Two-thirds In A Sentence

Two-thirds of the women interviewed think about food a lot or all of the time.
Three hours packed with a quick-fire century, a couple of bouncers, two-thirds of a hat-trick, a dropped catch, several bowled wickets and innumerable fours and sixers.
The ancient Egyptian language was written and spoken for two-thirds of recorded human history, and a great volume of economic and legal records are preserved in papyri and inscriptions, including some spectacular documents that go back to 2000 B.C. Beyond the Pharaohs
During the last year, two-thirds had remained faithful to a single partner.
The dangers for girls were especially acute: “It is estimated that two-thirds of the girls who appear before the Court charged with immorality owe their misfortune to influences derived directly from the movies, either from the pictures themselves or in the ‘picking up’ of male acquaintances at the theatre!” A Renegade History of the United States

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For the treaty to win final approval, a two-thirds majority of the Senate must vote for ratification, and the treaty must also win approval in the Russian Duma.
The fused parietals form the posterior two-thirds of the sagittal crest, expanding posteriorly to form a flattened, sculpted deck behind the supratemporal fenestrae adjacent to the squamosals.
Pour two-thirds of sauce over mussels, sprinkle with chives and serve rest of sauce separately.
Body about the size of a common goose; bill short, vaulted, obtuse, two-thirds of which is covered by an expanded cere of a pale greenish-yellow colour, the tip of the bill being black, arcuated, and truncated. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
The Constitution requires only a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly to impeach the president.
Two-thirds of the output from its factories is for civilian use - washing machines, prams and hunting rifles, for instance.
Ford's maiden small-car, Figo, helped the Michigan-based auto maker improve sales multifold in India, and nearly two-thirds of Figo's sales are from its diesel variant. GM India Launches Chevrolet Beat Diesel Car
More than two-thirds of the appointees are holdovers from the previous cabinet.
The chief justice of the United States serves as judge. If two-thirds of the senators find the president guilty, he can be removed from office.
Selman has sold off two-thirds of his herd so far.
Do not fill the container more than two-thirds full.
As estimated by the staff of the Joint Force, around two-thirds of losses were inflicted by snipers operating within such parties, who would fire from embrasures in basement walls, top-story windows and roofs.
In the election day exit poll, two-thirds of Virginia voters expressed a negative opinion of Robertson.
That convention needed a consensus, while the London Dumping Convention adopts its resolutions by a two-thirds majority.
Formerly called the Trust Territory, Micronesia possesses only two-thirds the land area of Rhode Island, yet lies scattered over an expanse of ocean comparable to the contiguous United States.
The Spanish bank, which has about two-thirds of its loan book in mortgages, earlier today reported a slump in fourth-quarter profit as revenue from lending plunged.
And nearly two-thirds support Government plans for pay based on performance. The Sun
Today, some two-thirds of high school graduates go directly on to higher education.
For each subject, a cast of the affected leg, which included the proximal two-thirds of the calf and the distal two-thirds of the thigh, was made by a certified orthotist and shipped to the manufacturer for custom fabrication of the brace.
A two-thirds vote would only be required if changes result in a net increase in taxes.
Apply slightly lighter highlighter on the remaining two-thirds of the eye - I prefer something with a little sparkle.
Two-thirds of Californians live within 15 miles of the coast.
The typical rent for a one-bedder is two-thirds of the average disposable income. Times, Sunday Times
In this country they are probably two-thirds of our union members.
Two-thirds of this group got over three-quarters of their income from state benefits and only 7 percent had any earnings from employment.
Two-thirds of this group got over three-quarters of their income from state benefits and only 7 percent had any earnings from employment.
Two-thirds, therefore, are awarded for something else. Times, Sunday Times
The only requirement is that two-thirds apply, and then begins the drama of an unscripted national convention to debate questions of fundamental law.
The horizontal axis divides the short and long arms into approximately a proximal one-third and distal two-thirds portions.
Slice the frozen pork belly into lot of grids, the depth of slicing about two-thirds of the meat.
The combination of one-third wheat to two-thirds white flour makes a light, crackly, and satisfying loaf.
Operating profits dropped by 18 percent to ￡105.9 million and interest charges were slashed by two-thirds to ￡5.4 million.
If two-thirds of the movie marquees carry an American title in Europe (even in France), the fraction is even greater when it comes to translated books.
The major focus of reform bills would require supermajorities of two-thirds or even three-fifths of voters to approve a constitutional amendment at the ballot box before it would become law.
In the grounds stood The Little House, a gift from the people of Wales built of Welsh materials to perfect two-thirds scale.
In preparation for that makeover, the Japanese government announced plans in December to fund JBIC's overseas investment and loan program with up to two-thirds of the proceeds from the sales of some 300 billion yen $3.5 billion worth of state-held shares in Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. A True 'Japan Inc.' Could be on the Way
The most characteristic feature is the long caudal bristle, which is extremely delicate and about two-thirds the length of the body. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901
Perhaps giving the opposition two-thirds of the likely overs erred on being generous but all credit to Felsted's enterprising captaincy.
This can be overturned only by a two-thirds majority of US senators. Times, Sunday Times
Two-thirds of those questioned said that jacket copy is either extremely important or very important to them.
Today more than two-thirds are quoted non-standard rates and weight is playing an enormous role in that change.
Two-thirds of oceanic fisheries are now being fished at or beyond their capacity; overfishing is now the rule, not the exception.
About two-thirds of the world's tin is obtained from placers and one-third from vein or "lode" deposits. The Economic Aspect of Geology
A person's membership may be revoked for cause, other than nonpayment of dues, by a two-thirds vote by ballot of the Board of Directors.
Roughly two-thirds of the total of infected people were male. Times, Sunday Times
Stir the chopped chocolate, fruit and nuts into two-thirds of the cheese mixture.
Sarah Bradford is right to spend two-thirds of her quiet, lucid biography on the years before the assassination.
Two-thirds of the profits are given to charities.
Even now, mortgage approvals are less than two-thirds of precrisis levels. Times, Sunday Times
Before this can happen, he should be required to obtain a Congressional supermajority, and the requisite percentage should increase with every requested extension - from two-thirds to three-quarters to four-fifths.
Machinery sales, which account for about two-thirds of its revenue, are seen nearly doubling from a year ago, according to Goldman Sachs. Caterpillar Mines a Modern-Day Gold Rush
If two-thirds of voters in any three provinces reject the charter in the referendum, the constitution will be defeated.
Now, I guess that some of those figures have been pulled out of the ether (hands shaken?) but my main observation is that with apparently double the “activists”, Labour has handed out less than half the leaflets, put up two-thirds of the numbers of the posters and made less than a third of the phone-calls that their nationalist opponents have managed. Never mind the quantity...
Two-thirds of the adult population there has contracted AIDS.
Two-thirds, therefore, are awarded for something else. Times, Sunday Times
But astronomers think that as many as two-thirds of all new stars are born as binaries or multiples.
As expected, the 240-159 vote fell far short of the two-thirds majority needed to prevail.
This removed land in intestate estates from the repercussions of primogeniture and stipulated a division along the same lines as chattels: one-third to the widow for her lifetime, ultimately to devolve to the children of the marriage; two-thirds equally divided among the children. Gutenber-e Help Page
The House voted by 327 votes to 93, comfortably exceeding the required two-thirds majority.
The debris including the bags and the timber was obstructing a good two-thirds of the bore of the culvert.
In return, the federal government would fund two-thirds of the cost of installing fuel bowsers at the community - a basic facility that all settlements should have in any case.
The United States and Russia hope to conclude a treaty to cut their nuclear arsenals by two-thirds.
He can feel about two-thirds of the normal sensation of being touched and half of the usual intensity of pinpricks.
As to forfeiture of pay, even when a bad conduct discharge is adjudged, a special court-martial is limited by Article 19 to the adjudgment of forfeiture of two-thirds pay per month for six months. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
In many cases erection of the structures is claimed to be about two-thirds the cost of conventional building.
A nation four-fifths peasant and two-thirds illiterate was industrialised, urbanised and educated within 30 years.
Return the poaching liquor to the heat and boil until it has reduced by two-thirds and formed a thick glaze. Times, Sunday Times
Roebuck acquiring a two-thirds interest in Watt's patent for his financial help.
From three-fifths to two-thirds of the cases of deafness are caused adventitiously -- by accident or disease. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
The United States and Russia hope to conclude a treaty to cut their nuclear arsenals by two-thirds.
By the time I visited, more than two-thirds of the flats had been sold, and business was brisk.
We hope to secure the signatures of two-thirds of our registered voters, thus bypassing the need for an incorporation election.
We are two-thirds of the way through the winter season without any cold weather or significant snowfall.
A similar study by the German chambers of industry and commerce (DIHK) found that almost two-thirds of firms had experienced no tightening of credit conditions.
The fibers are at first somewhat widely diffused, but as they descend through the corona radiata they gradually approach each other, and pass between the lentiform nucleus and thalamus, in the genu and anterior two-thirds of the occipital part of the internal capsule; those in the genu are named the geniculate fibers, while the remainder constitute the cerebrospinal fibers; proceeding downward they enter the middle three-fifths of the base of the cerebral peduncle. IX. Neurology. 1F. Pathways from the Brain to the Spinal Cord
Two-thirds of Californians live within 15 miles of the coast.
For example, coal, diesel oil and natural gas-fired thermoelectric plants will supply about two-thirds of the 3,200 megawatts of new electric power which was put out to bidders by the Brazilian government last December.
When these pyramidal fibers are traced downward it is found that some two-thirds or more of them leave the pyramids in successive bundles, and decussate in the anterior median fissure, forming what is termed the pyramidal decussation. IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon
With two-thirds of the nation's large rocket test stands in a single place, one might guess ‘abnormally small’ is not the forte at Edwards; yet, the facility is a leader in nanotechnology and microtechnology.
Adoption shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present.
Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression, accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.
Using a tablespoon, place the batter into the cupcake cases until two-thirds full. The Sun
Two-thirds of all mortgages are arranged via brokers. Times, Sunday Times
Cline said that about two-thirds of voters in both parties say they are not committed firmly to a candidate.
The proportion of married women falls to just over two in ten, and the proportion widowed rises to nearly two-thirds.
Knowl, so called in this county, but he had many other places, was of a very ancient lineage, who had refused a baronetage often, and it was said even a viscounty, being of a proud and defiant spirit, and thinking themselves higher in station and purer of blood than two-thirds of the nobility into whose ranks it was said, they had been invited to enter. Uncle Silas
Two-thirds of each house of the state legislature must then vote for it, and the governor then sign it.
Mohandie says at least two-thirds of these incidents involve what he calls a leakage of fantasy life. CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2007
Both houses must pass an amendment by a two-thirds margin and three-fourths of the states then must ratify it.
The House of Peoples includes 15 delegates, two-thirds of which come from the Federation (5 Croat and 5 Bosniaks) and one-third from the Republika Srpska (5 Serbs).
Public police forces are losing ground to private security firms, which now employ two-thirds of all security personnel in the nation.
Two-thirds of the ability of male children on aerobic capacity tests; almost 90 percent in female children.
The northwest front has now five arches with ramparts fallen in; northeast barbette battery unserviceable; east front scarp much scaled by slant fire, with large craters under traverses; principal injury at level of arches and terreplein; two-thirds of southern wall east of magazine damaged; stone abutment unhurt and protected by rubbish; gorge not damaged since yesterday. Memoirs of the War of Secession
In more than two-thirds of reported cases, the abusers are family members, according to the National Research Center on Elder Abuse.
Here are some of the seeming contradictions that appear in the space of just two-thirds of a USA Today page.
A year after his death, a complete Bible—two-thirds of which had been translated by Tyndale, the rest by his associate Miles Coverdale—was published by royal permission.
Two-thirds had attended a school visit which would have required organisation by senior school management.
There is widespread unemployment and underemployment -- more than two-thirds of the labor force in Haiti has no formal job.
Two-thirds of the fitters recommended bras with the wrong underwire shape, according to the report.
Today, more than two-thirds are non-standard.
To meet the consequent deficit he issued a new coin, the antoninianus, with a face value of two denarii but a weight of only one and two-thirds. F. The Third Century
-- Fur of head and back long and dense, bicoloured; base black, tips brown; underneath the hairs are two-thirds black, with the remaining upper third pure white. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
In a regular session, two-thirds of the senate must agree to bring a bill to the floor, meaning that even if the Republicans all voted together, they would have to pick up at least two Democrats.
And by 1921 the population of Moscow had declined by one half and that of Petrograd by two-thirds.
Rather, civic engagement seems to have steadily increased for the first two-thirds of the century, stagnating and declining only in the last third.
He said the tax, which the Treasurer claims will see two-thirds of clubs pay either no tax or less tax, would also hurt smaller clubs, making them unviable.
Fortunately after that he calmed down and all seemed to be going as planned until two-thirds of the way through the ride when her horse lost a shoe.
Better yet, two-thirds wish that their high schools would make community service a requirement for graduation.
So as a first approximation, a vegan world would need only two-thirds of the cropland used today.
With two-thirds of an acre to tend, I stopped growing high-maintenance hybrid teas and turned to rugosas and hybrid musks - they're much easier and very satisfying alternatives.
Jupiter is the largest of our nine planets, containing two-thirds of the planetary mass of our Solar System.
In other communes a two-thirds majority vote could enforce consolidations for the whole village.
He will not like a proposal to allow more federally funded stem-cell research, but Ms Pelosi thinks she can assemble a veto-proof two-thirds majority for it.
Both houses must approve by two-thirds margins, and 38 state legislatures must ratify such fundamental changes.
Its most abundant mineral is feldspar, which accounts for two-thirds of the Earth's crust.
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
It also brings in a good two-thirds of its profits from overseas.
The House voted by 327 votes to 93, comfortably exceeding the required two-thirds majority.
Sigmoidoscopy , on the other hand, only found about two-thirds of colon growths.
The Brazilian bobsled team, the only sled from the tropics in the Olympic competition, crashed about two-thirds of the way down the track in its first run, sliding across the finish line with the sled on its side. USATODAY.com - Hays headed for end of the bobsled line
The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
Soon, two-thirds of the black immigrants had left the state.
The listed company 's share price has declined by more than two-thirds since the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times
Thus, assuming two-thirds of those retiring were replaced in work by unemployment beneficiaries, the financial costs could have been halved.
About two-thirds, simpler products like bandages or tongue depressors, are generally regarded as benign and aren't reviewed. Federal Panel Calls for Overhaul in Medical-Device Regulation
The United States and Russia hope to conclude a treaty to cut their nuclear arsenals by two-thirds.
Through the other opening passes a glass tube bent at an acute angle and connected by a short rubber tube to an adjoining flask, two-thirds filled with decinormal baryta solutions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882
Fiddling with the rules of the conclave is a perennial pasttime of pontiffs, but one long-term tradition is that the Pope must receive a vote from two-thirds plus one of the cardinals present. 04/15/2005
The City proper now constitutes nearly two-thirds of the metropolitan population and maintains a low density among cities of comparable population.
Its population has grown by two-thirds since 1970; it now stands at 1.7m.
Two specimens, a distal two-thirds of a central metapodial and a complete proximal phalanx, are those of a large felid.
Fill pan with boiling water to come two-thirds up sides of terrine. Place in preheated oven and bake for 2 hours.
The United States owes $ 464 million, nearly two-thirds of all the late dues.
Fowler was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
By the end of the war he had a million men, two-thirds of whom had not yet seen action, and new machine guns, artillery including howitzers, with growing numbers of shells and even wireless supplies.
Two-thirds of the population are either overweight or obese, a figure which is rising.
Two-thirds of the company's corporate customers in China are state-owned enterprises.
The report goes on to note that, ‘Nearly two-thirds of all people with diagnosable mental disorders do not seek treatment.’
In a survey earlier this year, romance blossomed for nearly two-thirds of employees within the British workplace.
Male pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia, if you're feeling technical) affects two-thirds of all men in the UK, and can happen at any time after puberty.
Put the fish stock and dry sherry into another pan and reduce by two-thirds. A Passion for Food
The demigod is often part god — half-god in the case of Heracles, two-thirds in the case of Gilgamesh. Archive 2009-07-01
To Ross, these racially determined behaviors meant that “half, perhaps two-thirds, of our Italian immigrants are under America, not of it.” A Renegade History of the United States
Among all voters, Fabrizio found that two-thirds supported balancing the budget over cutting taxes.
To get the correct likeness of Naples we merely reduce the priests by one-half and increase the beggars by two-thirds; we richen the color masses, thicken the dirt, raise the smells to the Nth degree, and set half the populace to singing. Europe Revised
Nearly 3,000 trucks were standing idle without locomotives, two-thirds of them loaded with evacuated equipment.
Election should be by secret ballot; a cabinet recommended a two-thirds certain opinion of those benefaction when a opinion is taken. Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia
Musgrave's chief of staff says the congresswoman is concentrating on getting the two-thirds support she needs in the U.S. House and Senate.
The nature-spiraled volute pump doesn't cavitate, and thus uses 20\% to 40\% less juice and is two-thirds quieter. Fast Company
Their main drawback is that they are two-thirds of a mile apart. News from the Chicago Bid
Many of the martyrs whose memory we revere, of the saints we apotheosize, of the heroes we enshrine in history, are one-third fraud and two-thirds fake. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12
In October two-thirds of the customer service department staged a sick-out to protest low wages.
The quest to solve it involves raising the living standards of two-thirds of the world's population.
Aim for about two-thirds of your preretirement income. The Sun
As the Bronco rolled two and a half times, the two-thirds of the roof that was plastic broke off completely at the roof pillars and crashed into the occupant compartment; the front steel portion flattened to the dashboard. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
Not until one receives at least the necessary two-thirds of the votes, is a Pope canonically and validly elected.
The scientists estimate that nearly two-thirds of the continent has become drier over the past 60 years.
He explained that alcohol is “a loathsome excretion of a living organism”; that it will make a civilized young man successively “become semicivilized, semisavage, savage, and, at last, below the brute”; that “nearly two-thirds of all the money in circulation in America in the course of a year” passed through the grasping hands of the liquor trust. LAST CALL
Formerly called the Trust Territory, Micronesia possesses only two-thirds the land area of Rhode Island, yet lies scattered over an expanse of ocean comparable to the contiguous United States.
In mid-fifteenth-century Florence, the husband typically spent about a third to two-thirds of the dowry on clothes for the new wife and furnishings - often well above the cost of the trousseau.
A recent survey at the end of the year for the Austrian broadcaster, the ORF, found that two-thirds of the country still thought in terms of the now defunct schillings.
The remaining two-thirds of twins are fraternal, resulting from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm.
A vote in favour of secession would be carried subject to a two-thirds majority of the republic's total electorate.
Any statute or ordinance can be revised or repealed by a majority of the appropriate legislative body, but amending the Constitution requires approval by two-thirds of both houses of Congress and then ratification by three-fourths of the states. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
He typewrites quite nicely at about two-thirds of ordinary speed. The Training of Blind Soldiers in England
In a recent survey of Bay State deal makers, more than two-thirds predicted mergers to increase again this year.
Two-thirds of the French are in favour of limiting foreign imports into Europe.
Nearly two-thirds of the neurons recorded from the human temporal lobe seemed to be interested in faces.
Between 1974 and 1995, the number of poorer renters facing serious housing problems jumped by two-thirds, to 6 million.
The bill, supported by more than the majority of state house and senate representatives, barely failed to gather the two-thirds vote necessary in the senate (alone) to override a veto. Emma Ruby-Sachs: Lingle Vetoes Hawaii Civil Unions, Threatens Tax Base And Equal Rights
Seventy-four percent of those islands are found in the northern hemisphere, though that is not necessarily a surprise because roughly two-thirds of the world's land mass lies north of the equator.
Only five were solved, for a 41. 7 percent clearance rate, less than two-thirds the national average.
By spring of the following year, two-thirds of the village had died from exposure and hunger.
The front third of the bullet is hollow, and the rear two-thirds is filled by a brittle copper-tin alloy instead of lead. Gun Geezer Makes Muscatel* Mist
Among the findings: About two-thirds of child killers victimized small children, with about 15 percent targeting newborns and infants.
Two-thirds of householders in this country live in a mortgaged home.
Not only would this be unfair to the other two-thirds of New Zealanders, it is also inefficient because it would discourage businesses and people from locating in areas of lower congestion.
Remaining funds will be allocated to individual projects, a third to public health research and two-thirds to clinical research.
Two-thirds of disabled people were at or below the poverty line.
Then fill the container about two-thirds full of the soilless potting mix.
Inside the rim is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the top two-thirds, and ONE DOLLAR at the bottom. Morgan Dollar, 1878-1921 : Coin Guide
Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., he is scheduled to fight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, champion of the 205-pound division, a feared Muay Thai artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu player who has finished two-thirds of his 24 professional fights by knockout or technical knockout. Has UFC Found Its Transcendent Star?
Amendments must be approved by two-thirds of both houses of parliament and a majority of voters in a national referendum.
Annual global IP traffic will reach two-thirds of a zettabyte (or 667 exabytes). Cisco Says the Future of the Web Is Video
Pay constitutes two-thirds of all current expenditure.
Two-thirds of those summoned for jury service do not turn up, some making their excuses, some not bothering.
Better yet, two-thirds wish that their high schools would make community service a requirement for graduation.
When listening to normal respiration, inspiration composes approximately one-third of the respiratory cycle and expiration the remaining two-thirds.
Make sure the water in the tin comes at least two-thirds up the sides of the moulds, otherwise your dessert will curdle. Nigel Slater's classic crème caramel
And any decision is ultimately dependent on passage of a bond measure, again most likely requiring a two-thirds majority.
A decade later, a Constitutional amendment was again put to a vote, but the Senate failed to muster a two-thirds majority.
Two-thirds of American voters say they support bills that include a temporary worker program or path to citizenship, rather than one that focuses solely on border security," he said.
More than two-thirds of the region has been subdivided in waves of land selection and subdivision which started in the 1880s.
The latter would imply a two-thirds increase in membership since the election. Times, Sunday Times
It decided to stay about two-thirds open, which gives a tidy shove forward, and the only thing I could do was select neutral and try and turn off an engine which was fast trying to grenade itself.

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