two-thirds造句121. Meanwhile, the Senate voted but failed to get a two-thirds majority on the balanced budget and flag desecration amendments.
122. A vote in favour of secession would be carried subject to a two-thirds majority of the republic's total electorate.
123. Mickey Andrews describes their use: We would only fill a sandbag about two-thirds full.
124. Public police forces are losing ground to private security firms, which now employ two-thirds of all security personnel in the nation.
125. Thus, assuming two-thirds of those retiring were replaced in work by unemployment beneficiaries, the financial costs could have been halved.
126. All told two-thirds of the land was cultivated by subtenants.
127. In desert and hilly regions, where agricultural production is low, people obtain two-thirds of their energy from firewood.
128. Fill pan with boiling water to come two-thirds up sides of terrine. Place in preheated oven and bake for 2 hours.
129. By spring of the following year, two-thirds of the village had died from exposure and hunger.
130. About two-thirds of all collisions at state public crossings actually occur where everything is functioning properly.
131. And any decision is ultimately dependent on passage of a bond measure, again most likely requiring a two-thirds majority.
132. Raising the tax rates above the levels set in the initiative would take a two-thirds vote of the Legislature.
133. Two-thirds of those summoned for jury service do not turn up, some making their excuses, some not bothering.
134. Among the findings: About two-thirds of child killers victimized small children, with about 15 percent targeting newborns and infants.
135. Both houses must approve by two-thirds margins, and 38 state legislatures must ratify such fundamental changes.
136. Operating profits dropped by 18 percent to £105.9 million and interest charges were slashed by two-thirds to £5.4 million.
137. The combination of one-third wheat to two-thirds white flour makes a light, crackly, and satisfying loaf.
138. Because two-thirds of those with an opinion believed the state wasted more than 20 percent of every tax dollar it collected.
139. Two-thirds of this group got over three-quarters of their income from state benefits and only 7 percent had any earnings from employment.
140. Two-thirds of the worlds oil reserves still sleep quietly beneath the soil of Mecca.
141. Its population has grown by two-thirds since 1970; it now stands at 1.7m.
142. Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlement programs that comprise two-thirds of the federal budget.
143. Sports sponsorship is the dominant form of sponsorship, accounting for over two-thirds of all sponsorship activity.
144. About two-thirds of the students in my property law class signed that petition.
145. The conclusion is that Nkrumah would have otherwise won by the two-thirds majority which was the general election pattern.
146. Soon, two-thirds of the black immigrants had left the state.
147. Pour two-thirds of sauce over mussels, sprinkle with chives and serve rest of sauce separately.
148. Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression, accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.
149. Both houses must pass an amendment by a two-thirds margin and three-fourths of the states then must ratify it.
150. The new statutes could only be changed by a two-thirds majority vote of the new Congress.