Sentence examples for half of schoolchildren from inspiring English sources

Almost half of schoolchildren spend their pocket money without any parental control.

Our results showed that only half of schoolchildren had their meals during the day as recommended (4 5 times); other half of children and adolescents ate irregularly (3 or fewer times per day), especially girls.

In one highland school, in particular, all schoolchildren in grade 1 performed HWWS before going to class on a daily routine basis, and approximately half of schoolchildren of grades 4 and 5 were observed to practice HWWS without being reminded, while the rest had to be reminded several times by teachers.

In 1997 the government increased the period of compulsory education from five years to eight, and today just over half of all schoolchildren go on to a further three or four years of secondary education.

More than 160 were killed (half of them schoolchildren), over 1,000 injured, and perhaps 10,000 left homeless.Yet, not for the first time, the way the North Korean authorities handled the tragedy seemed to make matters worse.

Based on what we saw at the food concession stands, it is no surprise to read that nearly half of our schoolchildren are overweight ("Obesity on Rise in New York Public Schools," news article, July 9).

A thunderous rush-hour explosion that was precipitated by a leaking gas main at a subway construction site hurled huge metal plates serving as a temporary roadway atop cars and buses loaded with schoolchildren, tossed some 100 cars and city buses into the excavation site, and damaged about 70 buildings; 110 persons were believed killed, at least half of them schoolchildren.

They would go home and tell everyone the story of the turtles.NOT the most thrilling narrative perhaps, but less than half of Indian schoolchildren between the ages of seven and 14 could read this passage in their native language even if they wanted to.

But government ministers hope that the city will soon become famed for an ambitious plan to spend a fortune on improving its educational standards.According to league tables of exam results, more than half of secondary schoolchildren in Glasgow are going to schools which are among the worst in Scotland.

The NSPCC supports the bill, since half of all schoolchildren admit to having seen sexual and violent material on the internet, and its effects on young teenagers are clearly worrying.

More than half of the schoolchildren showed poliparasitism (52%) and protozoan infections (65%).