Example sentences of "[adj] in the first half [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longman had a very , very er , very good increase in profits and the Addison Wesley loss , which is bigger in the first half than usual er , is n't something that bothers me particularly , I 'm really quite relaxed about full year performance , but just to make sure they 're er , attacking erm , expenses , travel , administration , that kind but nothing in the erm , book investment programme . |
| 2 | Yes it was at two down and the every time Palace went forward in the early stages you thought to yourself , here comes another goal because they looked like scoring , they were so dangerous , of course he 's a real threat and he got the better of for that first goal , er he was er danger all the time and er it was a little bit from er County 's performance in reverse to that of the previous week at Forest , where erm Palace were so good in the first half and er you would n't have been surprised if they 'd gone in two nil or even three nil ahead , the penalty brought Notts back into the game . |
| 3 | But Scotland looked better in the first half when only penalties were scored . |
| 4 | Kilmarnock were unlucky in the first half when Gus McPherson hit the crossbar , but goals from Paul Harvey and Craig Flannigan after the break gave Clydebank the points . |
| 5 | We were poor in the first half and slightly better in the second . |
| 6 | We were very poor in the first half and paid the price . ’ |
| 7 | Manor 's defence was kept busy in the first half and the Alton side held a slender 1–0 lead at the interval . |
| 8 | Gazza headed home Signori 's free kick to tie the scores at 1-1 in the first half but took a knock on the ankle just before halftime and was less influential in the second half . |
| 9 | Longman the least seasonally biased of the three struggled to break even in the first half and this removed the normal pattern of Longman 's half-year profits helping to offset the first half losses of the other two businesses but before we get too depressed er I point out that Addison Wesley s sales were up by eleven percent and the size of the first half loss reflects the company 's decision to gear up in advance er , for what we w believe will be a very strong er , second er , half performance . |