Example sentences of "is half the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DM reported that , because bulk-loaded film is half the cost of pre-loaded film , it was now being bought for photographic work . |
| 2 | Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told cabinet colleagues , ‘ We can not do very much , but we can seem to be very busy — and that is half the battle nowadays . ’ |
| 3 | Relishing the state is half the battle towards a good life , for everyone . |
| 4 | I do n't think he 's a very good people manager , but he admits to that , which is half the battle . ’ |
| 5 | But er that is is half the battle . |
| 6 | Now that is half the diagram . |
| 7 | Although dealing with a much smaller area confined to Insula XIV , an Insula which is half the size of most of the others , nevertheless , as many as 1293 well stratified vessels of coarse ware are published . |
| 8 | West Lothian 's locker room is half the size of ours . |
| 9 | One grade coarser is twice the size of its predecessor and one grade finer is half the size . |
| 10 | Keeping your head above water is half the secret in sport and young Karen Rake seems to be made of the right stuff . |
| 11 | Bellway 's revised proposal , presented to yesterday 's economic development and planning committee meeting , is half the total of the original application . |
| 12 | But any truly individual room has to evolve slowly ; this is half the fun and certainly half the charm . |
| 13 | A new airline operating between the heart of racing country over there and the top National Hunt Festival in the world over here believes getting there really is half the fun . |
| 14 | Erm the poor are only too glad to go to Sainsburys or Tescos where erm tea is half the price . |
| 15 | Sir , The proper name for the Maastricht Treaty is the ‘ Treaty on European Unity ’ , signed at Maastricht on 7th February 1992 ; as John Hudson pointed out ( 6th November ) there are English texts from both the EC and UK government — both available from HMSO , but the first is half the price of the second ! |
| 16 | I mean , getting it ready is half the enjoyment , right ? |
| 17 | One further variation is to operate the motor with alternate one and two-phase-on excitation , i.e. A , AB , B BC , C , CA , A , --- Each excitation change produces an incremental movement which is half the length of a normal step and therefore this excitation is known as the " half-stepping " mode of operation . |
| 18 | If the target lies beyond half the weapon 's range ( ie , more than 12″ ) the number of hits scored is half the number rolled ( eg , a roll of 8 would equal 4 hits ) . |
| 19 | This is half the estimate for 1901 . |
| 20 | Depth is half the game in lock-picking ; the other half is getting enough leverage for the turn , since even a proper pick has no shaft going right through to rest on the end ward like a real key . |
| 21 | The London-born barrister points out that he is half the age of the Labour Party hopeful , Coun. John Scott , who he says , at 66 is no spring chicken . |
| 22 | Oh style is half the job int it really ? |
| 23 | Finding the motivation to do a lone workout session is half the challenge with exercise . |
| 24 | The fact is that the clackety-clack sound of ‘ plastic mac ’ is half the reason that it 's funny . |
| 25 | So I think this is half the reason why I 'm not that . |
| 26 | • for the part of the payment between the exempt amount and £50,000 , first calculate your income tax as if this part were included in your income and then your tax as if it were not ; the relief on this part is half the difference ; • for the part between £50,000 and £75,000 , first calculate your tax as if the part between the exempt amount and £75,000 were included in your income , and then your tax as if only the part between the exempt amount and £50,000 were included ; the relief on this part is 25 per cent of the difference ; |
| 27 | The geometric no-arbitrage condition contains an extra term ( y ) which is half the difference between the average of the variances of the instantaneous returns on the shares in the index ( ) and the variance of the instantaneous return on the index ( ) , that is , y = ( ) /2 . |
| 28 | It is half the height of the parent and quite a treasure , especially for small gardens . |
| 29 | Mike Barr , from the Borrowby Group , said the figure which is half the height of the proposed pylons would be visible miles away . |
| 30 | What each speaker says is half the picture , but now we have the missing part : what she also says through how she chooses to look , to make the picture complete . |