Sentence examples for decent portion of the from inspiring English sources

"Theoretically, they could keep a decent portion of the revenue," said Brian Pitz, a UBS analyst.

But taxis are so common that most people rely on them, as well as a Soviet-era metro system that covers a decent portion of the city.

The Federal Emergency Management Administration did not yet exist, although I'm fairly certain that Senators John Stennis and James Eastland managed to direct a decent portion of the federal budget Mississippi's way.

You have to feel a bit sorry for Australian coach Graeme Hick, who's bound to cop a decent portion of the PR lashings in lieu of any other recognisable faces to hold to account for the loss.

In fact, his typical payment is a wave, a honk or a "Hey, how you doing?" Indeed, Mr. Houston seems to know a decent portion of the regular commuters, whom he greets each day with special honorifics: "Hey, Mamí!" "What's up, Hometown?" "Good morning, Longtime-Lady-Girl!" "What I'm really looking for is a sponsor," Mr. Houston said.

So he sold just 250,000 shares at $50, and over the past several months has sold a "decent portion of the remainder averaging $72 per share," reveals Wetherell, whose stake in the firm is now around 25%.

This method allows reducing heat losses from the reservoir, avoiding pipe clogging problems, and reducing a decent portion of a surface area comparing with the traditional binary power plant.

Dillon stated that Converge "seems out of ideas as they enlisted a group of musicians associated with the band to fill in at various points of the record" and rhetorically asked, "why replace the band on a decent portion of their new record with far less talented, less interesting musicians?" He also criticized the album's longer and slower track, "Wretched World".

Once we arrived (it took a while; the group tended to shed a decent portion of its members at every turning, where half its number would run roaring in the wrong direction), the Palace was surrounded by hundreds of police, some on horses, manning an impressively Byzantine network of barricades to protect Her Majesty's beauty sleep.

But Weibo's platform, richer in user experience than Twitter's, gives it a chance of monetizing in some Facebook-like ways that should help it get a decent portion of China advertising budgets, so that may narrow the gap somewhat between Weibo and Twitter.

They also offer up a decent portion of protein, especially for a fruit, which helps sate the appetite.