Example sentences of "half [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A queer sort of name ; linsey-woolsy , half one and half t' other , 't is a very pagan name , upon my word . |
| 2 | During the period of the Stormont parliament , half the seats were uncontested . |
| 3 | De Tocqueville 's notes reveal not only the conscious opposition to such a mode of religious power but also how deep the solidarity between clergy and people was , the degree to which the poor , half the catholic population at the time , looked to the clergy for material and spiritual leadership , guidance , and assistance , and how much they trusted them . |
| 4 | Firstly , only slightly more than half the electorate voted , when other turn-outs for referendums have been around two-thirds ; and despite considerable pressure from the clergy , only one-third of the total electorate actually voted for the measure . |
| 5 | There is little trace left of York 's truly ancient coaching , posting and market inns , while nearly half the pubs which were standing in the 1950s , including some historic gems , have been closed down , converted , or redeveloped into oblivion . |
| 6 | Specifically , it 's linked to names such as La Mère Saguet — who fed Balzac , Dumas , Delacroix and half the literary and artistic establishment of the early 19th century . |
| 7 | There was plenty of time before Curtain Up at 8 o'clock , half the cast had gone out and backstage had a drowsy air about it . |
| 8 | Kathleen and I then took the next train back to Harwich and when we arrived , it seemed like half the port wanted to know what had happened . |
| 9 | This should be done annually to ensure dense sides , removing up to half the season 's new growth at a time . |
| 10 | Watch to see how long the shade persists ; if sunlight reaches the area for at least half the day , plants listed as tolerating partial shade will thrive there . |
| 11 | It is very common — more than half the women in this country suffer from cystitis at some point in their lives . |
| 12 | Her heart cramped now as she thought of her husband 's folly in plumping for the easy money , as it had seemed , after three bad harvests — his airy promise to come home soon — his failure to return after his regiment had been disbanded in Madras and left to make its own way back round half the world . |
| 13 | The gatekeeper opened half the gate to let him through . |
| 14 | Half the parish has been roaring past your door . ’ |
| 15 | She and Donald had started to take risks — they wanted each other so much that the reality of other people had dimmed for them , half the time they felt cloaked in invisibility . |
| 16 | He stood up , stony-faced , and was turning to the door when James Menzies held up his hand and said , ‘ Wait — wait — that is only half the business . ’ |
| 17 | We 'll be up half the night . ’ |
| 18 | I did n't chew my nails with regret at giving him my virginity , furious at my weakness in lying down for him , and taking this boy in my arms just because he was English , a citizen of that great nation which had once ruled half the globe : nor did I blame myself for clinging on to an idea even though it meant severing my links with my country , and travelling to London alone without any member of my family . |
| 19 | Much of this was ‘ own label ’ merchandise of course , but occasionally one would come across a familiar branded item , at about half the price of those at home . |
| 20 | Once a craft becomes a business , half the pleasure goes out of the window if one has to worry about making enough money to maintain a reasonable standard of living . |
| 21 | For older people just over half the refusals for grants are reported to be because the basic criteria are not satisfied . |
| 22 | Half the people in the study received nothing from a formal agency and the authors conclude that the Social Fund ‘ is largely irrelevant to most real-life situations within which the poorest people find themselves ’ . |
| 23 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
| 24 | A major life-extension programme was carried out on nearly half the Class 37 fleet , with a number of variants designed specifically for freight haulage and expected to survive into the next century . |
| 25 | If he bought compressed pellet hops he would have to use only half the amount compared to whole hops . |
| 26 | Basically , the book could be condensed into half the space without losing anything of value . |
| 27 | In each case the accuracy rate concerning events of which I had first-hand knowledge was about 50% ; half the information correct , half wrong . |
| 28 | I draw attention to their provenance because commentators have focused on the family-magazine question , on the attempt , that is , to get the chapter past Katkov in some shape or form , and I think this is only half the story . |
| 29 | The sound remains the same when played back at half the speed but lasts for twice as long . |
| 30 | But the jamboree could well turn into one of those parties where half the guests fail to turn up , and everyone else tries terribly hard to pretend that they are having a marvellous time . |