Example sentences of "for the [num ord] half of [art] " in BNC.

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1 Less than a week ago , he said that this congress would strip the party of its ideology and change its name , but it now looks likely that he will have to settle for the second half of the forecast .
2 New plans to cut central — and republican — government spending are to be agreed upon for the second half of the year .
3 If the radical criminologists ' assumptions are correct , then the figures for the second half of the 19th century might probably show the opposite from that which they do ’ ( Emsley , 1988 , p. 42 ) .
4 It would work for one part but the next part needed another sound to it , so maybe we 'd use the Paul Reed Smith for the second half of the solo .
5 Warned Dorigo : ‘ We have n't lost faith in our ability and if we can beat Blackburn and Norwich , it will give us the best possible launching pad for the second half of the season . ’
6 An OpenView storage management system is still under development for the second half of the year .
7 If , as it believes , desktop services become a predominant method of providing information technology infrastructure for the second half of the decade , then vendors must regard the sector as a long-term strategic venture .
8 They had engaged soldiers for a year , but had been deprived by the truce of most of the ransoms which were to pay the troops ' wages for the second half of the year .
9 And you 'll find for half the pack it 's one a day and then for the second half of the pack it 's two a day .
10 I now invite you to complete the enclosed form detailing your sports events for the second half of the year .
11 The opening piece , Respighi 's symphonic poem Fountains of Rome , was subtly characterised and sensuously played , but the real fireworks were reserved for the second half of the concert .
12 His coaching duties with the Scotland sevens squad concluded for the day , he duly appeared for the second half of the semi-final against the relatively fresh-faced youths of White Hart Marauders — inspired by England internationalists , Dewi Morris and Jeremy Guscott , and B caps , Damian Hopley and Justyn Cassell .
13 Figures for the first half of the year from the Building Societies Association showed that only around 54,360 people were in arrears with their mortgages .
14 For the first half of the last century , most European nations assumed that France would somehow try to repeat the project .
15 For the first half of the 1991 model-year ( which began on October 1st 1990 ) , Buick 's sales have risen by 6.6% , compared with an 8.8% fall in all American car sales .
16 For the first half of the nineteenth century the evidence is sparse , but some generalizations may be made .
17 FOR the first half of the year you should have plenty of attack , although you may be on the receiving end of a show of force .
18 HGCA figures for the first half of the 1992–93 season show Ipswich exporting ten per cent of all British wheat .
19 For the first half of the nineteenth century , these goals were admirably adhered to , as the society assembled mostly printed and written matter : books , letters , manuscripts , diaries , letters and newspapers , making it one of the most distinguished libraries in the country .
20 Alpine days stay reasonably warm for the first half of the month .
21 For the first half of the meeting the division was split into two large committees to work through the agreed agenda .
22 Between 1713 and 1763 they paid little attention to the colonies in America , and at least for the first half of the period it was hard to see what else could have been done .
23 Thus the inspiration for the first half of the more modern name of Horncastle .
24 If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less .
25 In a similar analysis for the first half of the 1970s , Keeble ( 1980 ) showed that the relative importance of these factors had changed .
26 Sales revenues for scholastic Publications Ltd reached £8.96m for the first half of the company 's financial year ( June to November 1992 ) , representing an increase of 23.5% over the same period in 1991 .
27 The company has just released the Interim Report showing the results for the first half of the current financial year .
28 For the first half of the period covered in this book , and again towards its end , England was involved in foreign wars .
29 For the first half of the fifteenth century , Gascony was under less pressure , probably because Henry V 's campaigns had shifted the bulk of military activity to northern France , but even so war had a serious effect on wine exports .
30 Not that she was destined to get any practice at such a mega-speed , since Downes , at least for the first half of the interview , was to enunciate his words with the slow deliberation of a stupefied zombie .
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