Sentence examples for third of the class from inspiring English sources

The lower third of the class!

Only about a third of the class raised their hands, and then reluctantly.

Harlan Coben, a mystery writer, said, "I would say that a third of the class wore varsity jackets".

Another third of the class said terrorism had become their biggest concern, as well as their children's.

They are ready to hit the ground running but they are slowed by the one third of the class who aren't ready.

"Don't get me wrong: the guys from the lower third of the class who went to Wall Street had a lot of nice qualities.

Lawyers said the decision inhibited class-action suits where money damages are sought -- which made up a third of the class-action suits in Federal Court at the time, as opposed to political and civil-rights suits that simply seek to compel a course of action.

One-third of the class went into the Special Forces, a highly selective assignment that can often lead to combat missions, Captain Stahl said.

In 1976 the Department of Transportation indicated that the owners of one-third of the Class I railways (11 of 36) were losing money on their investment.

Nearly one-third of the class has scored above 80 percent in recent sixth-grade tests, and fewer than 10 percent of the students have failed, which is a marked improvement from before, said Mr. Ganesan.

A fifth of the class was foreign.