Sentence examples for hit a quarter from inspiring English sources

He said the move would hit a quarter of a million women.

It was a novelty hit a quarter of a century ago and no one has given it so much as a second thought since.

The world's most famous boy wizard set a new record on Monday, when sales of the Harry Potter books have hit a quarter of a billion.

Viveport President Rikard Steiber tells me that the goal right now is to hit a quarter million sign-ups for the service, though he admits that might not be a goal that is hit in 2017.

A rule of thumb to know when you are at a good level of accuracy, is to be able to hit a quarter (or any other 1-inch target), 100% of the time at 100 yards (91.4 m), while prone.

The national jobless rate has hit a quarter-century high of 9.4percentt, and more pain lies ahead as millions of unemployed Americans find scarce job opportunities.

If the Red Sox land shortstop Alex Rodriguez and closer Keith Foulke, Steinbrenner's payroll may hit a quarter-billion next season.

Trying to intercept the 7-inch pipe at a depth of a mile and a half "is a little like trying to hit a quarter-inch target from the distance of a football field," Marshall said.

At the time, one state regulatory official described the process of hitting the 7-inch-diameter pipe at the bottom of SS25 from a distance of a mile and a half "like trying to hit a quarter-inch target from the distance of a football field".

"You have to be superlative," said Gill. "It's like hitting a quarter from a mile away".

But I remember hitting a quarter million subscribers, which was the same number of people living in my city.