Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] half [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armed with the Steamatic , there 's no need to get your hands dirty and the job is done in half the time . |
| 2 | If you want it done in half the time , you 've got to have twice as many people . |
| 3 | The consequence of this ‘ friendly and useful ’ advice was that the parts healed in half the time after the second operation as they did after the first . |
| 4 | She does n't know what she 's talking about half the time , she does n't know who anybody is . |
| 5 | Government backbenchers are expected to be present at all stages and though they are entitled to speak for half the time available on the floor of the House , in committee they are expected neither to speak nor to move amendments but simply to keep voting for the government 's proposals . |
| 6 | The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market . |