Sentence examples for citizens half of from inspiring English sources

Twenty units are designed for senior citizens, half of them for those making 30 percent of the median income that would rent for $325.

The commission would consist of 14 prominent citizens, half of them Democrats and half Republicans, appointed by the President and Congressional leaders.

Basic health insurance is available to all citizens: half of health care is paid by taxes and employers, half by insurance.

He says it is now helping to bring about a productivity miracle in what he calls the "citizen half of the world" (education, welfare and so on), a sector that for three centuries has lagged behind the "business half of the world", where productivity has soared and vast amounts of wealth have been created thanks to its competitive, entrepreneurial culture.

That is, half the unauthorized immigrants would become citizens, and half of those new citizens would vote, meaning that 25 percent of unauthorized immigrants would eventually become voters.

Its interest rates remain low, largely because Japan borrows almost entirely from its own citizens whereas half of America's debt is owed to foreigners.

But, despite the consequent increase in American largesse, King Abdullah's decision was generally disliked by his citizens, over half of whom are of Palestinian origin: they loathe what they see as America's bias towards Israel.

Puerto Rico has filed for a form of bankruptcy in a desperate bid to stave off creditors and maintain essential services to its 3.4 million citizens, nearly half of whom live in poverty.

Black citizens comprise half of Brazil's population.

Architecture relies heavily on EU citizens – more than half of those in Chipperfield's 100-strong office in London come from Europe.

The union flexed its considerable economic muscle, noting that hundreds of league players are foreign citizens and fully half of the 30 major league ball clubs use Arizona for spring training.