Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite a good number of studies having been undertaken in the first half of the century it was not until the late 1950s that the particular decrements in performance of sleepy subjects were established . |
| 2 | It had been erected in the second half of the second century to house c number of specialist kilns and furnaces , but clearly overlay the remains of earlier bonfire kilns and spreads of potters ' clay . |
| 3 | This collection had been formed in the second half of the eighteenth century by John Hunter who was largely responsible for raising surgery from a craft to a profession in England , and was the greatest anatomist and physiologist of his day . |
| 4 | Shipments of products meeting their standards are expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 5 | In the final five minutes Titterton and Jones also went after been booked in the first half . |
| 6 | Extreme dates for this species are 4 August and 16 May , but not many are seen before the second half of October . |
| 7 | Their studies have also led to some surprising conclusions concerning chronology : Jacopo Bellini 's Paris album they have argued , contrary to most of the literature , precedes the London album , which they date to 1460–70 ; they have been able to date Paolino Veneto 's Map of Venice in the Marciana Library precisely to around 1328 , when previously it was thought to have been made in the second half of the century . |
| 8 | The suggestion of a ‘ social contract ’ between States had already been made in the first half of the seventeenth century by Grotius . |
| 9 | The East Anglians , who are the form team among the top eight , had been outplayed in the first half , when Wolves had half a dozen shots on goal and several others narrowly off target . |
| 10 | The major part of our profits are made in the second half er , and this year er will certainly be no exception . |
| 11 | They 're investing in the first half in that second half . |
| 12 | The Council of Licensed Conveyancers and the Institute are likely to go for approval at an early date ; it is unlikely , however , that any approvals will be given before the second half of 1993 . |
| 13 | Cray Research Inc reports that the Space Data and Computing Division of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has ordered a Cray C98 system : C98s start at around $12m and the new one will be installed in the second half of this year and will be used for Earth and space sciences research , the firm said . |
| 14 | A full report on the survey , incorporating the results of the timing exercise and additional data from the questionnaire , will be prepared during the first half of 1993 . |
| 15 | The Nile Delta permit will be relinquished in the second half of 1992 . |
| 16 | Erm , I seem to remember that when we met earlier in the year and you were looking forward to , to , to this year as a whole , I think you er , indicated that it was going to be a good year and I think you also suggested , if I remember right , that you thought the better part of that improvement would be seen in the second half rather than the first . |
| 17 | The temperature could be gauged in the second half at Wembley on Saturday . |
| 18 | Worksheets could be distributed in the second half of the visit , once the group has had an opportunity to explore and react to the site . |
| 19 | The field is nearing its economic limit and will be abandoned in the second half of 1992 . |
| 20 | The company says that as well as launching an Am486 using Intel microcode , it still plans to go ahead with its clean version , which is due to be available in June , and production will be increased during the second half . |
| 21 | The new regulations , requiring a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament , were expected to be enacted in the first half of 1993 and would bring German immigration and asylum provisions broadly in line with those of other West European countries . |
| 22 | The chairman , Sir Ernest Harrison , promised that the first half loss would be reversed in the second half , but pressure on margins is not going to go away . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The second phase of the plan , to be implemented during the second half of the year , will see the company implementing 8209 bridging and router-based SDLC conversion on its 6400/6800 modular system . |
| 25 | Lemon said that all salary arrears owed to government workers from the last three months of 1988 would be paid in the second half of 1990 . |
| 26 | Headline is now , for example , acquiring titles for a new paperback fiction imprint , Headline Review , to be launched in the second half of 1994 . |
| 27 | In response the government , eager to distance itself from the ruling FLN , which was itself in disarray [ see pp. 37628 ; 37795-96 ] , and secure its own survival , promised that free and open parliamentary elections would be held in the first half of 1991 . |
| 28 | Moi gave no indication of the date of a general election , but there was general expectation that polls would be held in the first half of 1992 . |
| 29 | Mswati did not specify who would decide on the incorporation of the Vusela-2 recommendations into a new constitution , neither did he give a new date for elections , which had been due in November , although he said on Oct. 26 that they would be held in the first half of 1993 . |
| 30 | The bureau said that despite flooding the summer grain harvest was down by only 1.8 per cent , although " severe " economic losses were expected in the second half . |