Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn to page 68 for the lower half of the letter |
| 2 | A bit of judicious trimming will keep it flowering generously all summer : a careful haircut for the lower half of the plant will hold back the flowers while the top half is in bloom , then when that has finished cut it back and let the lower half flower . |
| 3 | Forest , held to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground , were 3-1 ahead with 17 minutes of normal time left , and deservedly so ; they had come out for the second half bristling with determination to make quality tell . |
| 4 | Not to be outdone , Liverpool defender Steve Staunton capably filled the striking boots of Ian Rush for the second half , scoring all three goals in their 3-0 win over Wigan for an 8-2 aggregate result . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The company said that it did not see an improvement for the second half . |
| 7 | New plans to cut central — and republican — government spending are to be agreed upon for the second half of the year . |
| 8 | Most of the cast 'll be starkers for the second half . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal . |
| 11 | But if each can be honest about themselves , try to understand the other , and be ready to give as well as take , they will be able to capitalize on all the benefits of facing life together as a stable and mature couple , for the second half of their journey . |
| 12 | If a marriage is to survive as a healthy and beneficial partnership for the second half of life , these remembered wrongs must be dealt with . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But Williams steps aside for the second half which belongs to De Niro . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Ray Parlour , having been caught heavily by former Gunner Kevin Richardson , did not return for the second half . |
| 17 | For the second half of 1992/1993 the target range for growth in M4 , the measure of broad money , will be 4%-8% . |
| 18 | Gazza did not even come out for the second half — he had proved all he needed to prove to any disbelievers still out there . |
| 19 | Their problems intensified when wing ace Martin Offiah did n't appear for the second half after picking up a leg injury . |
| 20 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
| 21 | Targets for the second half include multiprocessors from the likes of Acer , ALR , AST Research Inc and Compaq . |
| 22 | Since this is mass market time and peripheral connections are very important , SunSoft 's wish list for the second half is stuffed full . |
| 23 | Targets for the second half include multiprocessors from the likes of Acer , ALR , AST Research Inc and Compaq . |
| 24 | Since this is mass market time and peripheral connections are very important , SunSoft 's wish list for the second half is stuffed full . |
| 25 | An OpenView storage management system is still under development for the second half of the year . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In its Open Road schedule , OSF expects to get OSF/1.2 out of the door for the second half of next year , with improved commercial functionality , real-time and pre-emptive scheduling features . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Her projects for the second half of her six-year term of office include activities at Nuremberg 's large Schlachthof , a children 's art centre and a book programme for TV . |
| 30 | 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 . |