Sentence examples for third of states from inspiring English sources

About a third of states recorded more votes this year than in 2008.

And in 2000, Nevada's average annual earnings for women, $32,000 ,put it in the top third of states.

Within two years, one third of states said the wait for placements among ethnic minority children had dropped.

The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act effectively bans federal recognition of gay couples, yet more than a third of states recognize some form of legal partnerships.

Although America has laws against child abuse, a third of states allow corporal punishment in schools and none bans it at home.

Many growing Western states have high foreclosure rates, even though they rank in the bottom third of states for the number of subprime loans.

Currently, about a third of state legislators are members.

Afterward, it jumped to a little over a third of state spending.

More than a third of State's 1,000 interns are now paid based on financial need.

A fifth of all industrial firms (and a third of state-owned enterprises) continue to lose money.

More than a third of state legislatures are part-time: in Texas, Montana, Nevada and North Dakota they meet only every second year.