Sentence examples for a specific percentage. from inspiring English sources

Do member and partner countries allocate a specific percentage to the organization?

Clinton said Saturday afternoon that she regretted attaching a specific percentage to the description -- but not the language itself.

The dividends on preferred stock are usually fixed at a specific percentage of face value.

A large chunk of Salomon's options business originates with retail investors, he said, though he declined to cite a specific percentage.

A specific percentage of the obligatory set-aside is supposed to be assigned to nature conservation tasks.

CHIP is a block-grant program, meaning the federal government contributes a set amount instead of paying a specific percentage of states' costs.

A third form of ownership is to hold title as tenants in common, where each owner has a specific percentage ownership interest in the home.

The text can appear on the left or the right and the image sized to be a specific percentage of width in the component.

Schools must break down results by grade, economic level, ethnicity and disability, with a specific percentage of students in each subgroup required to achieve grade-level performance until -- at least theoretically -- all would do so by 2014.

Several states in the northwest, mid-west and south-east generally prohibit firearms where alcohol is served, but then include caveats that allow firearms when a specific percentage of income of the establishment goes to business not related to alcohol.

But earmarking a specific percentage of funds to be spent on particular activities hampers the flexibility and effectiveness of the program, according to both the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Government Accountability Office.