Sentence examples for benefits half from inspiring English sources

Almost a third of working-age people are on benefits; half its citizens have no academic qualifications.

Some 10m people are now claiming unemployment benefits, half of them through these extensions (see chart).In this section Money screams Comebacks and comeuppance Extension deficit disorder No end in sight No mo' po'?

According to Elmira Mangum, vice president for budget and planning, the university has been able to expand undergraduate financial aid expenditures by 123percentt since 2008 (including an 11percentt increase last year), with $245 million annually used for financial aid, which benefits half of the undergraduate population.

"Now inventors must try to make a living from other sources--research grants, scholarships, unemployment benefits, half-time employments.... It's a tough situation, especially if you have children to support!" Kista Innovation & Growth CEO Pär Hedberg agrees.

But he said, "Generally about half would benefit, half would get less support".

The study echoes results from a separate study published earlier this month from Thomas Piketty and other economists, which shows how years of economic growth has failed to benefit half of the American population.

For patients who benefit, half achieve a seizure reduction within five days (if the diet starts with an initial fast of one to two days), three-quarters achieve a reduction within two weeks, and 90% achieve a reduction within 23 days.

Clozapine is the treatment of choice for medication refractory psychosis, but it does not benefit half of those put on it.

And when the spouse isn't collecting a retirement benefit, the spousal benefit equals half of the worker's full retirement benefit.

McCain says, 'I campaigned in support of President Bush's proposal.' Cutting benefits in half.

Think of it this way: Congress could, with a stroke of a pen, cut Social Security benefits in half.