Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [art] first half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 2 | If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less . |
| 3 | Comrades led 2–1 until the 79th minute , their two goals coming in the first half from David Eddis against one from a Dean Gordon own goal but United hit back late in the game . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Aggregate proceeds realised in the first half of 1992 from the sale amounted to C$83.2 million , yielding a profit of C$38 million . |
| 6 | Those Roebuck penalties apart , the only other scores from the Australians came in the first half , when strapping winger Damien Smith barged his way through two tackles to notch the game 's only try . |
| 7 | A survey by Jordans has found that the number of companies created in the first half of this year was 3.1% lower than the same period last year . |
| 8 | In addition , there was a strong tendency for the remaining pauses to occur in the first half of a clause rather than the second half . |
| 9 | Figures produced by the Council for Mortgage Lenders suggest that of the 36,610 properties repossessed in the first half of this year 45 per cent were voluntary , in the sense that they did not involve a court order . |
| 10 | It is important to realise that it is these eggs deposited in the first half of the grazing season from April to June , which give rise to the potentially dangerous populations of L3 from July to October . |
| 11 | United 's problems started in the first half when Brentford went ahead with a freak a fluke goal from Gary Blissett … that knocked the stuffing out of them … |
| 12 | The judicial changes implemented in the first half of the nineteenth century represented a break with many eighteenth-century practices . |
| 13 | But it hardly looked a bet as the Reds struggled in the first half in face of fluent football , much of which was inspired by Chelsea player manager Glenn Hoddle . |
| 14 | Prices fell throughout the first half of 1990 due largely to the anticipated failure of the Association of Tin Producing Countries ( ATPC ) to attain by December 1990 its target of cutting by 6,000 tonnes its world stockpile , reported in February to have totalled 43,200 tonnes . |
| 15 | The three Portuguese pharmaceutical wholesalers acquired in the first half of 1992 made their first contribution , but disposing of the nappy-making business cost UniChem £2.4 million below the line . |
| 16 | The Spartans however maintained their composure and with only seconds remaining in the first half were rewarded with a T.D . |
| 17 | Seen purely through the eyes of a bomber captain , the year 1942 saw the awakening of the " sleeping giant " , but although no dramatic results ensued in the first half of the year save the " 1,000-Plan " ( surely the most well-conceived confidence trick of the entire war ) hope for the future was clearly manifest . |
| 18 | Ernest Kombo , speaker of the transitional legislature , the Higher Council of the Republic ( CSR ) , warned on Sept. 14 , two days before the opening of the CSR 's session , that elections planned for the first half of 1992 might be postponed because a census of the electorate scheduled for mid-September had yet to take place . |
| 19 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 20 | TONY James , two-try hero of Nottingham Rugby League Club 's first win in 18 months on Sunday , has been detained in hospital at Barrow with internal injuries suffered in the first half . |
| 21 | In any case , among scholars whose careers fall in the first half of the sixteenth century note should be made of Sinaneddin Yusuf , mentioned above ; of Molla Pir Ahmad Celebi b . |
| 22 | While competitors sparkled in the first half , the Sussex-based cidermaker 's profits trickled down from £1.1m to £1.07m . |