In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

Three quarters of the region s available fresh water is in just four countries Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.

The pace of real GDP growth fell from 2.4 in 2010 to 2 in the next four quarters, and then to 1.7 in 2012.

This was a meaningful increase after ten consecutive quarters of deceleration, and it marks the Chinese economy s second soft landing in slightly less than four years.

On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

The reaction in some quarters followed similar lines.

Political indecision in some quarters is making matters worse.

In ringing Babylonian it was written in Babylonian he says, I am Cyrus, king of all the universe, the great king, the powerful king, king of Babylon, king of the four quarters of the world.

Yet the euphoric reaction seen in some quarters is misplaced.

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

PM So after three quarters of an hour, he recognizes you.

Three quarters of the city s GDP had been coming from textiles production.

It is compatible with three consecutive quarters of zero growth in 2008.

Although consumer spending has increased during the past four quarters, helped by substantial government transfer payments, the pace of spending growth by households was less than the overall pace of GDP growth, because households were increasing their rate of saving.

Inventory adjustments, which boosted growth for a few quarters, will run their course.

That endgame will play out in weeks and months, not quarters and years.

In the last three decades, its volume has shrunk by roughly three quarters.

But can a couple of quarters of economic growth support claims of recovery?

Development of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations first and second quarters of 2006

Goal 6 To reduce maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015

(b) Prisoners who have committed serious crimes must be kept in separate quarters

Combined, these state owned assets total almost three quarters of China s national productive wealth.

BUENOS AIRES Three quarters of Americans now disapprove of President George W. Bush s performance.

It should respectfully leave the rabbis and the army officers in their confined quarters.

Urbanization Between two thirds and three quarters of the population live in urban areas.

Target 6 Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio

The regions plan to publish PPPs in stages, starting with preliminary estimates for consumption in the third and fourth quarters of 2006 and followed by PPPs at the gross domestic product (GDP) level in subsequent quarters.

His contemporaries made faces, like the ones you see here en face or three quarters.

The US current account deficit has been narrowing in recent quarters, thanks to export growth.

Gazprom s three largest fields, which account for three quarters of its output, are in decline.

Since further progress for that year was impossible, the ship was secured in winter quarters.

In recent years, over three quarters of students stay at school until they are seventeen.

In recent years, routine immunization has consistently reached about three quarters of the world's children.

Algeria attaches great importance to young people, who constitute three quarters of the country's population.

Data review workshops for the first and second quarters have been held in the region.

CARICOM trusts that such collaboration will be forthcoming from all quarters of the United Nations.

On average, countries in all regions have responded positively to three quarters of the questions.

China s growth rate last year was 8.7 , and more than 10 in the past two quarters.

Say we decide to reduce CO2 emissions by three quarters by 2100 while maintaining reasonable growth.

Three quarters of them could have survived diarrhea or malaria if they had been properly nourished.

A 1961 extension at the east end of the hut provided living quarters for 15 people.

In recent years, routine immunization coverage has consistently benefited about three quarters of the world's children.

In some countries, illegal logging is said to constitute around three quarters of total timber production.