Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] [num ord] half " in BNC.
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| 1 | The returns also show how far those surnames which are peculiarly local in origin had ramified by the second half of the seventeenth century . |
| 2 | While the main west-to-east movement in the occupation of Siberia was accomplished by the first half of the eighteenth century , the frontiers of the Russian Empire continued to be pushed forward in various directions , thus bringing more peoples under its control . |
| 3 | The truth was told by a second half in which they monopolised the ball and did n't make one opening . |
| 4 | Britain will probably be in a modest recession in the second half of this year , but should recover by the second half of 1991. — Major , November 11 , 1990 . |
| 5 | The windmill was sited near the school , but it had disappeared by the second half of the 18th century . |
| 6 | First-year Engineering comprises a first half course which is common to all four specialisations and which is followed by a second half in which one or more of the major engineering disciplines are studied in greater depth . |
| 7 | But , of course , Dorothy knows in those particular circumstances it was not a risk — the mental parameters fixed by the first half of the lesson controlled the freedom of the second half — and any individual child who could not cope could turn it into a ‘ reporting to the boss at the manhole ’ game . |
| 8 | THE £3 billion Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link and the £300 million Heathrow Express line are to go ahead , Chancellor Norman Lamont announced yesterday.But the future of the £1.7 billion cross-London rail link Crossrail appeared less certain with Mr Lamont saying the scheme was now going to be a joint venture between the public and private sectors.The much-delayed 68-mile Channel Tunnel fast link will not go into London 's King 's Cross station as British Rail hoped , but instead will terminate at neighbouring St Pancras — a less expensive option.But Mr Lamont did say that Government money would be put into the scheme which could be completed by the end of the decade.The 15-mile Paddington-Heathrow fast link — a joint venture between BR and airport operator BAA — will be started later this year and should be finished by the second half of 1997 . |
| 9 | Anglo-Norman literature composed in what became an increasingly distinctive Anglo-Norman dialect of French was flourishing by the second half of the twelfth century . |