Sentence examples for countries one-third from inspiring English sources

In both countries, one-third of the nonagricultural labour force was unionized.

In some other countries one-third of board members may be workers' representatives.

As a result Japan has the lowest rate of start-ups among rich countries: one-third of America's rate and half of Europe's.Mr Son's outspokenness is as rare in Japan as his enterprising spirit.

Of the 10 million children who die each year in poor countries, one-third could be saved through the wider use of breast feeding, insecticide-treated bed nets and oral rehydration therapy (a simple sugar and salt solution) to combat the effects of diarrhea.

Feb. 14 is big business across the country: one-third of all American adults dine out on that night, according to the National Restaurant Association.

The church derived a huge income from its lands and farms and drew still greater revenues from the tithes on the entire grain production of the country—one-third going to the bishops, one-third to the parish churches, and one-third to the parish priests.

That is a total of 1,000 armed troops to protect 500 military observers and a support staff of about 4,000 medical, administrative and service personnel scattered around a country one-third the size of the United States.

Western diplomats and United Nations officials said that would take tens of thousands of soldiers in a country one-third the size of the United States, and there is no chance of that level of involvement.

Across countries, one third (1175; 33.8%) reported frequent migraine (> 5 days/month) (Table 3) and therefore had clear need of preventative medication.

In developed countries, one third of the population suffer from recurrent herpes labialis.

Migration flows are increasing globally [ 4] and migrants contribute substantially to the total number of births, exceeding in some Western countries one fifth of births [ 5, 6].