Sentence examples for use a quarter of from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush said he would use a quarter of the surplus for "important projects".

The administration asked for authority to use a quarter of the $1.2 billion food aid budget provided to the Agency for International Development to buy corn, wheat and other commodities in the developing countries facing hunger crises, or in neighboring countries, rather than from American producers.

The carbon-rich solution, meanwhile, is treated in a separate vessel to release its burden of CO2, which can then be piped away and stored, and the amines or ammonium carbonate thus liberated recycled.All of which is fine and dandy except that, if rigged to the average coal-fired power station, this process might use a quarter of the energy the plant produces.

"Most individuals only use a quarter of that amount and therefore, are not getting the full SPF protection listed on the label," says Frey.

If you are sanding by hand, use a quarter of a sheet of 120 grit sandpaper, folded into thirds.

Fluorescent bulbs (CFLs or low-energy light bulbs) may cost a bit more than incandescent light bulbs, but they use a quarter of the energy and last a lot longer (some 10,000 hours or 12 times longer than an ordinary light bulb).

Did we care about using a quarter of the water?

China uses a quarter of the energy the United States does per capita.

The fluorescent tube uses a quarter of the energy of the incandescent bulb and emits a quarter of the heat.

Sewage treatment in Britain uses a quarter of the energy generated by the country's largest coal-fired power station.

The laboratory says the lamp matches the combined output of a 300-watt halogen lamp and a 150-watt bulb, but uses a quarter of the energy.