Sentence examples for quarter of the proceeds from inspiring English sources

But nearly a quarter of the proceeds went to fill gaps in the state's budget.

Luckily, one picture accounted for almost a quarter of the proceeds.

The auction yielded only one quarter of the proceeds the government had hoped for.

In 1997, Bolivia decided to spend a quarter of the proceeds from the privatization of oil, telecom and transport companies providing a pension to every Bolivian over 65.

The In Amenas gas plant, which has reopened, is reported to generate $4bn£2.6bnbn) worth of gas a year, with BP taking a quarter of the proceeds.

A quarter of the proceeds from the sale of 'compendiums', interactive tournament guides, have boosted the prize-pool by more than $US 10 million, and that's separate to revenues raised through ticket sales to the main event, and through the event's sponsors.

HSBC's contribution is approximately a quarter of the annual proceeds from the levy, which was introduced after taxpayers bailed out banks during the financial crisis.

Net earnings attributable to the company fell 18 percent, to $3.7 billion, largely because the year-ago quarter included the proceeds of the sale of BAC Credomatic GECF, a lending company in Central America.

Retailers generally use their credit lines to stock up for the fourth quarter and use the proceeds of those sales to pay for that inventory in January.

The company said it had sold approximately $1.7 million in stock during the quarter, and reinvested some of the proceeds in another unnamed real estate trust.

He won about a quarter of the eligible vote and proceeded to flout every sort of democratic norm.