Sentence examples for half the countries from inspiring English sources

As world leaders work on a new set of development targets, those early goals remain out of reach for many, with only half the countries that signed up to the 2000 Education for All (EFA) agenda having achieved universal primary enrolment, according to a report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

Over the past decade Gillings' company has conducted 4,700 trials in 2.7 million patients in over half the countries in the world.

For the first time in more than a year and a half, the countries hit hardest by the largest Ebola outbreak in history went an entire week without reporting a single new case of the deadly hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization confirmed on Wednesday.

In approximately half the countries where resistance has been reported, estimates are based on surveys conducted in public sector facilities.

Less than half the countries in Africa condone dual citizenship.

In about half the countries boys were ahead in mathematics.

And half the countries in Europe are now run by fragile, fractious, impermanent coalitions.

About half the countries had intoxication rates higher than in the United States.

In half the countries studied, there was evidence of trade in these mammals, usually illegal, Dr. Robards said.

About half the countries that imposed price controls did so before elections or other big political events.

In 2004 girls outnumbered boys at secondary schools in almost half the countries of the world (84 of 171).