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In about one-in-four cases, the bill increased by more than $100 -- and sometimes much more than that.
Sen. Tom Udall: No More 'Trick or Treat' Phone Bills Sen. Tom Udall 2010
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The positions of the respondents primarily represent the opinions and observations of laity, but in one-in-four cases, it represents those of diocesan clergy.
Results on the Poll on the Language of the Readings in the Usus Antiquior 2009
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So if you go back 100 years, a woman with a master's degree or PhD, you know, it's round about a one-in-four chance to ever get married.
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In about one-in-four cases, the bill increased by more than $100 -- and sometimes much more than that.
Sen. Tom Udall: No More 'Trick or Treat' Phone Bills Sen. Tom Udall 2010
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The one-in-four figure assumed 1,000 hedge-fund employees leaving out of 4,000 total.
Pace of U.K. Hedge-Fund Exits Debated William Hutchings 2010
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But keep in mind that a 75% win probability means there is still a one-in-four chance that the trailing candidate might win.
Explaining The Pollster-Dashboard Win Probabilities The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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• Nearly one-in-four families have incomes less than $25,000 a year.
John Petro: State of the City: Bloomberg Failing Ordinary New Yorkers, More Families in Poverty, in Shelters, and on Food Stamps John Petro 2011
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In Athens, a city where youth unemployment has topped 40% and one-in-four storefronts is boarded up because of lost business, the sense of victory in Brussels seemed very far away.
No Bounce for Greek Spirits Alkman Granitsas 2011
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While it's cheering that the next generation won't be cut down by the same cancers as us, and their hearts will go on beating longer – a girl born today has a one-in-three chance of living to 100, and a boy one-in-four – the question is, will they actually want them to?
Reality TV's the only way to move up in this world | Carole Cadwalladr 2011
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Bill Frick D-Montgomery and co-sponsored by one-in-four state delegates, would add a dime to the price of gas in Maryland, and increase all vehicle registration fees by 50 percent beginning July 1.
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