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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a third of trained" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a specific group or category of trained individuals, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "A third of trained professionals in the field reported feeling underprepared for the challenges they faced."
Alternatives: "one-third of trained" or "a third of the trained individuals".
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However, the 2001 pilot study found the percentage increased to 18%, with a third of trained respondents indicating training in the past year[ 6].
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But this will be hard to achieve at a time when the debt-ridden railways are struggling and more than a fifth of trains are arriving late.
Even using the industry's preferred measure, where "on time" is within five minutes of the schedule for commuter trains and 10 minutes on long-distance routes, nearly a fifth of trains were late.
A fifth of trains run by rail operator Southern do not meet arrival time targets, latest figures show.
A third of organisations training young engineers for industry are providing a substandard service, despite engineering's traditionally key contribution to the UK economy, according to the Adult Learing Inspectorate (Ali).
Coverage of PMTCT training was found to be sub-optimal with less than a third of clinical staff trained in PMTCT and HIV and infant feeding (Table 2).
Not all of the training set was processed in step 5; instead only a third of the training set was used before we moved on to step 6 where the automatic aligner was run.
There is a massive recruitment crisis, with a third of GP training places remaining unfilled, compounded by a retention crisis, with swathes of GPs either emigrating to Australia and Canada or taking early retirement.
We share their frustration and all our efforts are focused on returning a normal service, which is why today we have restored over a third of the trains removed temporarily in July.
In the short term, experts predict that up to a third of the train's ridership would be for the 19-mile trip between the Orlando airport and Walt Disney World, which has agreed to donate land for a stop.
My train departed on time, which was not a dead-cert given the delays of so many operators – a third of British trains were delayed last year.
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