Sentence examples for thumb among from inspiring English sources

School endowments generally pay out about 5percentt of their assets annually, a rule of thumb among charities.

A rule of thumb among biotechnology venture-capitalists is that half of published research cannot be replicated.

In New York City, it is a rule of thumb among the legal community that the First Amendment comes first, and the Second Amendment comes last.

A rough rule of thumb among political experts is that the party that controls redistricting can tilt as many as one of every five districts in its favor.

It has been a rule of thumb among those who know both men never to mention the name of one to the other.

The rule of thumb among venture capitalists is that some 20 percent to 30 percent of companies fail, returning nothing to any investor, including the venture capitalists.

Handy rule of thumb, popular among growth-at-a-price fans: Look for companies whose multiple of earnings is below next year's expected growth rate in percentage points.

And I am duly impressed with those who can claim such an honor since I, with my gray thumb, am not among them.

DR. ANDREW WEILAND, who operated on Mr. Stern twice -- once, Dr. Weiland said, for carpal tunnel syndrome and the other time for "instability" in his thumb -- was among 100 concertgoers with stage seats for the Ax-Stern-Laredo-Ma quartet.

Based on the scaling observed in figure 2, we suggest a minimum species richness of 100 as a useful rule of thumb to ensure comparability among taxa.

A twitch of the thumb lets the rider choose among Sport, Touring, Urban or Enduro programs.