Sentence examples for while quartering from inspiring English sources

While quartering your tomatoes, remove any other bruises or tough spots.

In the early days of telephony, one dB was considered a reasonable ''smallest step" in amplitude, but in reality, a series of half-dB amplitude steps does not sound very smooth, while quarter-dB steps do sound pretty smooth.

The Sun-Times reports between one and three inches of rain fell overnight, while quarter-size hail fell in northwest suburban Des Plaines, according to the National Weather Service.

Almost one-third of inmates reported a medical condition (30.8%) while three-quarters reported an illness while incarcerated (73.5%).

Seventeen percent get to keep their jobs, while a quarter are not reported to the police.

319 were denied admission, while three-quarters, or 2,784, were deferred to regular action decisions in March.

Bear in mind that in Northern Ireland, 47% of LGBT people have reportedly considered suicide, while another quarter had attempted it.

More than a third of the loans were for construction or unimproved property, while a quarter were for home mortgages.

Nearly one in three people spend more when they are bored, while a quarter blamed pressure from children.

While three-quarters of blacks support affirmative action, fewer than half of whites do, according to the Times/CBS News Poll.

More than half the AIDS victims are residents of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, while a quarter come from Rio de Janeiro.