Sentence examples for quite a third from inspiring English sources

Giambi's salary isn't quite a third of the Indians' payroll, but it's close enough.

(Yale's incoming class in the fall of 2001 was nearly half female and not quite a third "minority").

And yet I'm not quite a third of the way through, with most of the climbing still to come.

Of the 98 million cubic yards of rubble, only 29 million, or not quite a third, have been removed so far.

The balloon would rise about 18.5 miles, not quite a third of the way to the 62-mile altitude that is considered the beginning of outer space.

In all, the theatrical output from the two companies was up by 57 films since 2002, not quite a third of the 199-film increase in indie output for the period, as noted by the M.P.A.A.'s study.

But it's quite a third-party endorsement.

But he makes quite a first impression.

Quite a first day at school.

It was quite a first step.

And quite a first day it was.