Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] half [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that continues during the 1990s , inflation averages 5% , and homes account for half the value of all bequests , Mintel thinks property transfers between generations will rise from perhaps £16 billion in 1990–91 to £25 billion in 1999–2000 . |
| 2 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 3 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 4 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp 's NTT Mobile Communications Network is to split itself into nine regional units : its present headquarters in Tokyo will become the group 's parent company , which will wholly own the equity of the eight subsidiaries , and the move is intended to improve efficiency and competitiveness in the fight with its biggest domestic rival Daini Denden Inc , which has no unit in Tokyo and Tokai area , which together account for half the population . |
| 5 | While France stands shoulder to shoulder with Germany , and the two countries together account for half the EC output , the exchange rate mechanism will survive , representing a beacon of hope for federalists who still see a common currency as the bridge across which Europe must pass to a federal future , and a baleful threat for the sovereign Britishers , who see it as a black hole which could draw EC members inexorably into the same destiny . |
| 6 | Sometimes you long for half an hours |
| 7 | ‘ Say in half an hour ? ’ |
| 8 | Place a round of bread on the bottom of four dishes , cover with half the currants and sultanas and half the custard mixture . |
| 9 | Sift in half the sugar , beat until smooth , then sift in remaining sugar . |
| 10 | They want to see vehicles going slower through the towns , quite right , we put in half a million extra for this but I 'm disappoint with Labour 's negative attitude . |
| 11 | Then they meet for half an hour and get reconciled . |
| 12 | They extend for half the disk radius . |
| 13 | At Versailles you can walk for ever in the enormous park and gardens ; if you hire a car , there is instant access to countryside , and a mass of sights , including Chartres Cathedral , lie within half an hour 's drive . |
| 14 | ( 2.8 ) reveals that the currents in both windings jump to half the rated value , V/2R = 1.5 A. |
| 15 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |
| 16 | I know that it can often amount to half the working week . |
| 17 | ’ The problem is that those files are stored in boxes in the basement and we normally ask for half a day 's notice . |
| 18 | Paul , her husband , generally left before seven and had lunch out with one of his friends , while she used her free day to take care of a thousand chores more annoying than the duties of her job : she had to go to the post office and fret for half an hour in a queue , go shopping in the supermarket , where she quarrelled with the saleswoman and wasted time waiting at the check-out , telephone the plumber and plead with him to be precisely on time so that she would n't have to wait the whole day for him . |
| 19 | Suggest that perhaps the meeting reconvene in half an hour after studying the material . |
| 20 | Leave for half an hour before rinsing with tepid water . |
| 21 | No sooner had you got used to being able to have the lights on whenever you wanted , than you ( or Dad ) had to trail down to the BP station with a jerry-can in your hand and beg for half a gallon of four-star . |
| 22 | Build up your time in the sun gradually — start with half an hour or so . |
| 23 | Sieve half the flour onto the eggs and fold in lightly with a metal spoon , then fold in half the butter , the remaining flour , then the remaining butter . |
| 24 | Just time for a card — we leave in half an hour — had our last night on the Johnny Walker now it 's local firewater or nothing remember what I said on the phone and do n't have it cut too short . |
| 25 | I 've been ringing him since that come through half an hour ago . |
| 26 | He congratulated the Association on its decision to affiliate to Congress and thereby join with half a million other workers and their families . |
| 27 | Downriver , two insignificant openings on the north bank admit to half a mile of underground passages : these are subject to flooding and should not be entered by other than experienced cavers . |
| 28 | Now , thanks to the turbine and an automatic lighting system , the lights come on half an hour before a train arrives and go off half an hour after it leaves . |
| 29 | Before taking my temperature I was neither allowed to breathe through my mouth for ten minutes nor to take food or drink for half an hour . |
| 30 | Check after half an hour . |