Sentence examples for close to a third from inspiring English sources

It constitutes close to a third of total government expenditure.

Around 4m people, close to a third of the population, face grave food shortages.

Last year it was responsible for originating close to a third of the country's home loans.

Temporary contracts surged, soon accounting for close to a third of Spanish employment.

The country has more than 300m smokers, close to a third of the global total.

"And they're our largest ad issues, usually representing close to a third of our advertising".

PSG came close to a third, but Vercoutre made a superb save to stop Lavezzi's header.

It's strange, when you think about it, that we spend close to a third of our lives asleep.

To boost its flagging popularity, the party replaced close to a third of its commune chiefs with more popular candidates.

The division now contributes close to a third of the firm's total profits, according to an executive at the company.

In a building like Shaaray Zedek we have something dangerously close to a Third Temple on American soil.