The microscopic test gives false results in nearly half of all cases.

Thus, while most respondents said they were not worried, nearly half expressed some worry.

Traditionally, nearly half of India s trade deficit has been financed by remittances from Indian expatriates.

Europe would then lose nearly everything it has gained over a half century from transcending nationalism.

Production of steel, cement, chemicals, paper, and aluminum alone account for nearly half of China s energy needs and generate nearly half of the air pollution that claims over 300,000 lives and costs the economy close to 100 billion each year.

Just over half of Global Voices authors are single (more than 50 ). Nearly half (45 ) are married or have partners. And a minority (5 ) are divorced.

Between 1974 and 1979 nearly 227,258 immigrants arrived in Israel, about half being from the Soviet Union.

Although arable land accounts for only 1 of Namibia, nearly half of the population is employed in agriculture.

At room temperature, it is most stable at pH 4.3, where its half life is nearly 300 days.

Nearly half of this budget is spent on local lobbyists, whose goal is to influence key decision makers.

The OECD is a multinational grouping of 30 countries established nearly a half century ago, with Switzerland a member.

In 2002 a total of 112,000 cubic meters of wood were harvested, nearly half of which was used as fuel.

And nearly half of the investment flows from Asian developing economies is directed towards other developing economies in the region.

Last year, there were more than 300 incidents of piracy around the world, nearly half of which occurred in Asia.

Low income countries received nearly half of the 41 billion increase in remittances to developing countries from 2001 to 2004.

Eight of the new members are former Communist countries that were locked behind the Iron Curtain for nearly half a century.

In May, President Thein Sein became the first leader from Myanmar to visit the White House in nearly a half century.

Women continue to compose the majority of professional labor judges (67.3 of the judges, and 57.1 of the registrars), nearly half of the District Courts judges (41.3 ), almost half of the Magistrate Courts Judges (48.7 ) and more than half of the registrars (56.9 ).

After all, Japanese exports rely on emerging and developing markets, with East Asia alone accounting for nearly half of Japan s foreign sales.

He was responsible for nearly half of the 135 prints in the Trumphs of Maximilian , which are large and full of character.

Indeed, nearly a half billion Chinese lack access to clean drinking water, and the number of terminally polluted rivers and lakes grows daily.

Nearly all programs train nephrologists in continuous renal replacement therapy fewer than half in the United States train in the provision of plasmapheresis.

In Afghanistan, for example, nearly half a million Afghans had been assisted by UNHCR to return home, making it the biggest voluntary repatriation worldwide.

Nearly half of the Trust Fund 45 per cent was used for projects to strengthen the justice sector and the defence of human rights.

Women continue to compose the majority of professional labor judges (67.3 of the judges, and 57.1 of the registrars), nearly half of the District Courts judges (41.3 ), almost half of the Magistrate Courts Judges (48.7 ) and more than half of the registrars in both instances (56.9 ).

The required cut is large eliminating half of Greece s public debt obligation would leave it at nearly 80 of GDP, a ratio higher than Spain s.

Nearly half of the Japanese population is either retired or near retirement age, and they worked very hard to achieve a high level of comfort.

By some measures, nearly half of all Americans do not pay any income tax already, so cutting taxes skews an already very unequal income distribution.

However, the Kahoku Shimpo also reports that nearly half of people in coastal settlements feel that earning a livelihood has gotten tougher since the disaster.

Translated to another system of units, this is nearly the same as the decay rate of cobalt 56 (56Co), whose half life is 77 days.

The Fund s annual budget is only 12 million ( 16.3 million), of which my foundations cover nearly half, and we find it difficult to secure additional funds.

Nearly a year and a half on, there are signs of progress toward fulfilling the commitments to Africa s development made by world leaders and committed campaigners.

In a country that regards itself as a civilized counterweight to belligerent American hegemony, nearly half of all prisoners have never been convicted of a crime.

In the first four months of 2005, 307 fines had already been imposed, or nearly half the number as in the previous year as a whole.

In the nearly six months since Hurricane Katrina destroyed half of New Orleans, many storm victims expectations of help have been dashed, creating a legacy of bitterness.

In the Nordic countries, by contrast, the poorest 20 of households receive nearly 10 of total income, putting them at roughly one half of the national average.

The total stock of FDI of developing countries rose from 129 billion in 1990 to 859 billion in 2003, with nearly half of it South South.8

And, in a world in which nearly half of migrants are now moving from one developing country to another, the problems are no longer confined to the West.

Opinion polls indicate that one third of Americans believe that China will soon dominate the world, while nearly half view China s emergence as a threat to world peace.

Nearly half of his surviving works are on mathematics, 23 of them are on astronomy, and 14 of them are on optics, with a few on other subjects.

The video was viewed nearly half a million times in its first week on YouTube and as of December 2013 has been viewed more than 20 million times.

He went on to say that, in the eastern half of Europe, one foul tyranny was driven out by another, and liberation was postponed for nearly 50 years.

Moreover, the USSR possessed nearly half of the world s nuclear weapons, had more men under arms than the US, and had the most people employed in research and development.

In particular, owing to the relative insignificance of national party lists, Jordanians of Palestinian origin, who comprise nearly half the electorate, receive only a small percentage of elected officials.

For nearly three years, these divisions accomplished essentially nothing and only tied down half of the Bulgarian army, which wasn't going to go far from Bulgaria in any event.