Sentence examples for left a quarter from inspiring English sources

By contrast, Mr. Perry's personal-responsibility approach has left a quarter of the state's population uninsured.

In 1956, AA Milne left a quarter of the royalties from his children's books to his club.

Mr Rajoy, more worried by a recession that has left a quarter of Spaniards out of work, had been expected to hoof the idea into the long grass.

Instead, the two warring sides struck a chilly peace, which left a quarter million refugees with no place to call home.

After Diggins arrived, Ravin bought a Gatorade from a vending machine and left a quarter in the change slot — a practice that, he says, he got from LeBron James, who deems one-dollar bills too small to bother with.

Two common sources of financing, credit-card debt and home-equity credit, have become less useful; months of poor economic conditions have eroded credit-worthiness, while the housing bust has left a quarter of mortgage borrowers with negative equity.

That leaves a quarter where the prospects of repayment are poor.

The United Nations' Rome-based food agencies warned that Syrian crop production had slumped as a result of the disruption and population displacement caused by the war, leaving a quarter of the population unable to produce or buy sufficient food.

This has helped prison numbers to soar in 2010 from a historical average of 150 people per 100,000 population to more than 700, leaving a quarter of the world's prisoners now incarcerated in the US.

And investment in sanitation has been stuck at a derisory 0.2% of GDP for the past seven years, leaving a quarter of Brazil's urban population lacking access to sewerage.The reforms required to boost Brazil's growth are as familiar as old jokes.

Ya think if you leave that box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter.