Sentence examples for a third were of from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a third were of" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a grammatical error, possibly a mix-up of "a third of" or "one third were."
Example: "A third of the participants were satisfied with the results."
Alternatives: "one third of" or "a third of the".

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More than half of all stops were of blacks and a third were of Latinos.

MPSS analysis detected around 7600 mRNA transcripts, of which around a third were of low abundance.

However, nearly half of this incident population was <65 years of age, a third were of normal or low BMI and nearly 10% were uninsured, all factors that may make them less likely to be identified by the healthcare system or to see a nephrologist for care.

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A third is of an outdoor farm school, a sea of heads and shoulders around a typewriter.

A second is of his own son posing with Mr. Haniya.

A second is of a crowd of mostly blacks at a voter registration rally apparently in San Francisco in the late 1980s.

About a third were convicted of murder.

Only about a third were cases of exoneration after conviction.

A third is convenience of operation.

A third is love of country.

Roughly a third are people of color.

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