three-fourths of a pound.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

When we got through I had cut down my order three-fourths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of the Road] Reference

To one gallon boiling Soft Water add three-fourths ounce.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

Matthew Arnold says, "Conduct is three-fourths of character," and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference

Soap, one pound; Soft Water, three-fourths of a pound; Soda, one ounce.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

Weigh, and take three-fourths of a pound of sugar to one pound of fruit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Things Mother Used to Make] Reference

By this means debtors gained three-fourths of the capital they had borrowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference

Governments, representing nearly three-fourths of all the people of the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

In the physical man water constitutes three-fourths of the weight of the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference

About three-fourths of the settlement will be used to pay legal and medical bills.    From Wordnik.com.  [$1M settlement in Va. shooting lawsuit] Reference

These five economies represent nearly three-fourths of the GDP of the European Union.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sick Man Is Europe] Reference

They are plastic, and they're about let's say three-fourths the size of an actual guitar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virtual or Reality Rock Band?] Reference

The island is eight miles in length, and from one-fourth to three-fourths of a mile wide.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

Just as soon as you pour it on the slab sprinkle over it three-fourths ounce dry Tartaric.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

Put this with skins, weigh, and use three-fourths of a pound of sugar, for every pound of fruit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Things Mother Used to Make] Reference

By the time California had reported three-fourths of its votes, it was all over but the jubilation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hail to the Chief] Reference

It is about three miles in length and in breadth varies from one-fourth to three-fourths of a mile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference

Those two alone would provide three-fourths of the revenue needed to double Social Security's payout.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven Hill: Don't cut Social Security, DOUBLE it] Reference

Daily expenses top the list for these moms, with three-fourths rating them an 8,9, or 10 on a 0-10 scale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Margie Omero: Walmart Moms: Politically Swing, Economically Anxious] Reference

Hungary boasts a larger area than Austria, and a population equal to three-fourths that of the Western Monarchy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference

At that point, Social Security will collect enough in payroll taxes to cover about three-fourths of the benefits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Weekly Address: GOP Trying To Destroy Social Security (VIDEO)] Reference

Whisky add one and one-half pounds unslacked Lime, three-fourths of a pound of Alum, and one-half pint Spirits of Nitre.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

It requires a vote of two-thirds of the House and of the Senate, and must be ratified by three-fourths of state legislators.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Immigration Fight Widens to Native-Born] Reference

Approximately three-fourths of these motorcycle accidents involved collision with another vehicle, which was most often a car.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to reduce the risk of getting hurt on a motorcycle] Reference

In the previous two years, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue had barely mustered the three-fourths majority needed to maintain replay.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Instant Answers] Reference

It would require a vote of two-thirds of the House and Senate, and would have to be ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illegal Immigrants Estimated to Account for 1 in 12 U.S. Births] Reference

The coulter and plate are each three-fourths of an inch thick, which is the entire width of the plow above the round iron at the bottom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference

You know, when Obama's three-fourths of the way through his administration, call me, and then I'll tell you how I feel about the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Shop: Iraq, Joblessness And Baby Daddies] Reference

The length varies from six to ten feet, the width from three to four inches, and the thickness from. a third to three-fourths of an inch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference

Clinton's defense: he's tried to push less regressive taxes, but a sales tax requires only a legislative majority; other taxes need a three-fourths vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bold Plans--And Trims On The Edges] Reference

Does he actually think that Congress and three-fifths three-fourths of state legislatures will undertake a multiyear effort to feed racial conflict in America?.    From Wordnik.com.  [On immigration, Lindsey Graham abandons principle] Reference

The two-thirds majority required for approval of the new government (and cleverly, the higher three-fourths majority needed to amend the TAL itself) did not happen by accident.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Cheers for Bremer] Reference