Sentence examples for a quarter in a from inspiring English sources

I put a quarter in a pay phone and dialed.

But they failed, and public-sector union membership fell by a quarter in a year.

Wheat, maize and soyabean prices have all fallen by a quarter in a year.

But his career has been erratic, and his confidence can disappear quicker than a quarter in a coin trick.

The performance tied the Fever's record for fewest points allowed in a quarter in a playoff game.

Put a quarter in a machine, get a handful of nuggets and the sheep will lick your fingers.

That is less than either Mr. Anthony or Mr. Stoudemire earns every 12 minutes, the length of a quarter in an N.B.A. game.

Thoroughly different cultures have lately encouraged alliances between drug firms and biotech companies.A big American textile company, hurt by the Asian slowdown, is to cut capacity by a quarter in an industry already well battered in recent years.

"Any kid back then could walk up and put a quarter in an arcade game and see these fatalities – and that was an escapist, naughty thrill for them.

"It's essentially hunting, but hunting something the size of a quarter in an area the size of a football field," said Jonathan Ho, a state plant quarantine inspector and expert frog catcher.

Qwest Communications International, the fourth-largest carrier, earned $117 million, or 6 cents a quarter, in contrast to a $164 million loss a year earlier.