The phrase "a third carried" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing proportions or fractions of a whole, particularly in statistical or analytical writing.
Example: "In the survey, a third carried the opinion that the new policy would be beneficial."
Alternatives: "one-third supported" or "a third endorsed".
By 1997, that figure had fallen to 34percentt, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with 14,421 fatalities, a reduction of about a third carried out over a period of huge growth in vehicles, drivers and miles traveled.
During the two or three years before he left American in May 1998, Mr. Archuleta said he saw three nooses displayed at the maintenance facility: one in the area where the company gave out time cards, another in front of a production control office and a third carried by Mr. Walker, as he was on his way to complain about it to his managers.
A third, carrying 66 people, came from the nearby island of Chios.
And a third carries the headline, "The best part about sleeping in our bed is how you feel when you're not".
A female aid worker is bent sympathetically towards the small boy, perhaps asking him where his mother is; two male UNHCR workers are approaching Marwan, and a third, carrying a large bag on his shoulder, is also in the frame.
It was going smoothly enough last night when a ball with the number 6 came up, followed by another, with a 0, and a third carrying the number 8.
According to Dr. Chang-Diaz, the total mass sent to Mars via a Vasimr-powered mission, with one spaceship carrying the astronauts and a second carrying most of the supplies, would be about 400 tons.
Over the last few months, they've built interconnections on their own right-of-way that lets them swap crude between parallel pipelines they control one carrying tar sands crude from Alberta, and a second carrying conventional crude.
In South Africa, a quarter of young women are infected; in Botswana, a third carry the virus.
Compared with the competition, the GT S is fairly practical with its liftgate cargo area, easily hauling two full-size suitcases in back and a third carry-on bag.
Yet, the use of a symbolic third, carrying authority, can avoid the too direct confrontation with the patient.
