Example sentences of "half [art] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using lean production , the authors found the Japanese required just over half the engineering time , half the number of people , and only two-thirds the lead time as their European rivals to produce similar cars . |
| 2 | The list shows less than half the number for the first volume . |
| 3 | This figure is less than half the number of cases reported by one clinic , out of thirty odd , in London for that year . |
| 4 | When this occurs , Tukey suggests removing half the number of exact zeros and then basing all subsequent calculations on the modified set of residuals , a process known as zero-modifying ( Tukey 1977:223 ) . |
| 5 | To take two examples , in Groningen half the number of pedestrian accidents to those under 13 occur in streets with less than 200–350 motor vehicles per hour . |
| 6 | Note that the number of times Q changes state is one half the number of the times the clock is pulsed . |
| 7 | A tank can be maintained without filtration , but more work is involved and only about half the number of fish can be kept . |
| 8 | The limitation remains 16,000 bits , so you will be able to store half the number of squares , that is , 180 wide by approximately 44 high . |
| 9 | Let us imagine , for the sake of illustration , a company being able to change its production process so that it can produce the same number of widgets but with half the number of people . |
| 10 | Addressing the Central Committee in April 1988 , the Comrade explained how this ‘ homogenization ’ was to be achieved : ‘ It is necessary to cut down to almost half the number of villages , establishing those that are to remain and their size ; all new buildings shall have to be erected only in these localities and we shall have to put other village areas to other purposes . ’ |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | St Petersburg , on the other hand , had the highest concentration of large factories , and of metalworking factories in particular , and in 1914 the capital and its environs accounted for almost half the number of strikers in the Empire . |
| 13 | I very much doubt if you 'd be able to afford even half the number of servants we have to run this house . |
| 14 | Just have half the number of men working on it and then it 'll take twice as long . |
| 15 | Half the number would have been ideal , with the rest ringed around the perimeters . |
| 16 | The Transport and Works Bill will be a major step forward in the reform of antiquated , obscure private Bill procedures and should reduce by about half the number of private Bills that come before the House , while improving procedures in the area that deal with them . |
| 17 | The December turnout was only 3,700,000 , of 14,200,000 eligible voters , or little more than half the number who had voted in a referendum in May in favour of the establishment of the Assembly [ see p. 37450 ] . |
| 18 | A French journalist reported that the PDCI had managed to muster only 6,000 supporters at the rally , half the number claimed in official reports . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , it was reported that the number of Palestinians in Kuwait had fallen to between 150,000 and 200,000 ( half the number resident before the Iraqi invasion ) following a mass exodus prompted by fears of continued harassment [ see pp. 38118 ; 38166 ] . |
| 20 | Other notable features were ( i ) the participation of athletes from the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) and Georgia as a " Unified Team " , a transitional arrangement ; ( ii ) the participation of South Africa , readmitted after being banned since 1960 because of its apartheid policy ; and ( iii ) rigorous testing for drug abuse , which led to the disqualification of five athletes who had tested positive at the games for banned substances ( one each from Lithuania , China and the Unified Team and two from the United States ) , exactly half the number disqualified at the Seoul games in 1988 . |
| 21 | The half-life is defined as the period during which half the number of atoms of an isotope will have undergone at least one disintegration . |
| 22 | American car companies now reckon they will use about half the number of suppliers they once did . |
| 23 | Since the phonemes are distributed among only six categories ( approximately half the number of mid-class categories ) , there is a considerable loss of information , and one would expect an increase in the size of the equivalence sets . |
| 24 | In the 1983 election , the party won less than half the number of seats it had won in the larger cities in 1959 , the last election when it was returned with a three-figure majority . |
| 25 | Edward Hamer , of Llanidloes , asked how New Zealand company Fortex , which is currently considering two shortlisted sites one near the Powys village , and another in Lockerbie , Scotland expected to create so many jobs when his company could do it with half the number . |
| 26 | ALMOST half the number of residents at a Kirk old people 's home have been moved out to make more room for offices . |
| 27 | As a single group the pieds noirs represent more than half the number of farmers in France ! |
| 28 | N. If you are knitting full needle rib then you can probably leave the stitch size a t the size you have been using , or increase it by half a number . |