Example sentences of "[adv] in the second half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judit performed even better in the second half than the first . |
| 2 | What tremendous skill be displayed as his runs and passes , especially in the second half , stretched Ipswich to the limit and sometimes beyond . |
| 3 | Consequently , childbearing is concentrated within the first decade of married life ( 84 per cent of births within marriage in 1956–60 , 92 per cent in 1976 ) , and especially in the second half of the decade — 33 per cent of births occurred in the fifth to the ninth years of marriage in 1976 compared to 26 per cent in 1951–5 ( figure 4.11 ) . |
| 4 | But these gains were ultimately lost , especially in the second half of the century . |
| 5 | In 1800 , 90% of Americans lived in rural communities ; but with the growth of industry , especially in the second half of the century , towns and cities began to spread , and by 1920 over 50% of the population lived in them . |
| 6 | The youth team , despite several late call-offs , put up a great performance especially in the second half when the schools needed two late tries to pull clear . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough were stronger defensively in the second half as , surprisingly , Swindon tried to upset them with a long-ball game rather , than with their usual slick passing style . |
| 8 | The rest of the economy has been slower to cut investment mainly because the slowdown hit the service sector only in the second half of last year . |
| 9 | This is why , though the ideas were becoming common from the late eighteenth century , effective alternative and oppositional formations became common only in the second half of the nineteenth century and increased markedly towards the end of the century . |
| 10 | But it is only in the second half of 1908 that Picasso turned to a more concentrated study of Cézanne . |
| 11 | ‘ No more risque sketches and you 're to get everything toned down in the second half . ’ |
| 12 | Dundela got it together in the second half and it was Dean Smyth 's turn to save his side . |
| 13 | Aberdeen , who missed the diligent foraging of the injured Grant , strung more passes together in the second half . |
| 14 | This improvement came through entirely in the second half and was predominantly in the USA where we saw the beginnings of economic recovery . |
| 15 | In any case , it 's tucked away in the second half of the book , after Offred 's prison-like existence has been thoroughly , horribly established . |
| 16 | up and call me now A little music as well we have on the show we have a video from Elvis to give away in the second half of the programme and star guest this afternoon is Mary Whitehouse . |
| 17 | Thus in the second half of the nineteenth century the British labour movement , in contrast to its continental counterparts , was an industrial movement without , at that time , the establishment of a political wing . |
| 18 | Thus in the second half of the nineteenth century between 25 and 40 per cent of the members of the Swiss Federal Council consisted of entrepreneurs and rentiers ( 20–30 per cent of the Council members being the ‘ federal barons ’ who ran the banks , railways and industries ) , a rather larger percentage than in the twentieth century . |
| 19 | With an interval lead , ‘ Mill were in a strong position to dictate the pattern of play , but Hammer refused to submit easily in the second half . |
| 20 | One is that the , the impact of quotes and the other improvements coming through in the second half of the year will reduce some of that impact anyway and also that that hundred thousand pounds overspend is sig is over-skewed because the proportion of quotes work in there is actually making a , making a difference too . |
| 21 | The flocks disperse very rapidly in the second half of March and sizable flocks are rare after the end of this month . |
| 22 | Hove , however , came back more determined than ever in the second half . |
| 23 | At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half . |
| 24 | That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year . |
| 25 | Only Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu and Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour , who limped off in the second half , emerged with any great credit . |
| 26 | There was no question of easing off in the second half . |
| 27 | Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence . |
| 28 | Perhaps I would be a bit churlish if I said that they could have scored even more in the second half , but that 's a minor complaint . |
| 29 | M F I traditionally has a stronger second half cash flow and net borrowings are expected to fall further in the second half of the year . |
| 30 | Quick replies by Kelly Shelford and Mark Elia led to the suspicion that New Zealand could score at will and were easing themselves into their stride , but doubts arose early in the second half with a succession of missed chances . |