Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] the first half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the rugs is one of only four known Esari prayer rugs from the first half of the nineteenth century , which is expected to bring £6–8,000 ( $10–14,000 ) . |
| 2 | Several drafts of a paper on ‘ Extensions of Validation Procedure ’ were debated amongst officers and in Council meetings in the first half of 1975 , and in July at Kerr 's suggestion its title was changed to ‘ Partnership in Validation ’ . |
| 3 | It is perhaps characteristic that the best evidence for the appointment of household officers in the first half of the eleventh century should come from Normandy , which combined reverence for the Carolingian past with respect for efficiency to a degree unparalleled elsewhere . |
| 4 | The tax remissions of the first half of the fifteenth century show that some of the villages which later disappeared were granted substantial reliefs , although this was not universal . |
| 5 | The choice of a reference implementation for Application Linking is expected this fall and should be deployed as a standard feature of Unix desktop applications by the first half of 1994 . |
| 6 | The technology , which is intended to enable users tp link , transfer and share objects between documents created by different Unix desktop applications and between Unix and Microsoft Corp Windows applications , is intended to become a standard feature of Unix desktop applications by the first half of 1994 . |
| 7 | The technology , which is supposed to let users link , transfer and share objects between documents created by different Unix desktop applications and between Unix and Microsoft Corp Windows applications , is intended to become a standard feature of Unix desktop applications by the first half of 1994 . |
| 8 | The two most important episodes in public order policing during this period were the CND campaign against cruise missiles in the first half of the decade , and the miners ' strike during 1984/5 ; we will examine each of these in turn . |
| 9 | Paul Reynolds held off the challenge of John McPherson to put Drumaness ahead seven minutes from half time and even though a Dunmurry effort was cleared off the line it was Drumaness who squandered the scoring chances in the first half . |
| 10 | A 3D seismic survey is being acquired over the Viking satellites in the first half of 1994 with further 3D over JX if the well is successful . |
| 11 | Yeah , the payroll costs for the first half of last year were seventy three point eight million the payroll costs for the first half of the review were sixty eight point eight |
| 12 | Yeah , the payroll costs for the first half of last year were seventy three point eight million the payroll costs for the first half of the review were sixty eight point eight |
| 13 | But referee Mike Reed , who had turned down two Manchester penalty appeals in the first half , refused to sanction a retake . |
| 14 | Confidence in this traditional system of government was enhanced by its absorption of democratic reform in the nineteenth century and by its survival through two world wars in the first half of the twentieth . |
| 15 | Redundancy costs for the first half of three point two million , nought point seven million less than ninety two . |
| 16 | Increased demand for its road , rail and sea container fleets during the first half helped boost the latest figures . |
| 17 | Just , just so that we can erm , make sure for the cabaret committee you have n't given yourself enormous pay rises in the first half can you , can you split out in the corporate expenses less other , what the er , er , profit on the sale of some of your Cedar Fayre investment was ? |
| 18 | Maury 's dream could be a good example of this sort of attempt at comprehension of a series of striking but unconnected images and sensations , a form of the " effort after meaning " that the Cambridge psychologist Sir Frederick Bartlett ascribed to normal waking memory processes in the first half of this century . |
| 19 | Erratic currency markets in the first half of 1990 led to intervention by the major central banks to halt the strengthening United States dollar , and help the weakening Japanese yen . |
| 20 | It could be argued , therefore , that the rise of Mercia in the eighth century represented a serious destabilization of the southumbrian situation before the return to a new balance between the Mercians and the West Saxons in the first half of the ninth . |
| 21 | The total number of buyout and buy-in transactions in the first half of 1992 , at 301 completions , was virtually identical to that in the same period in 1991 , although the total value of transactions rose by 40% to £1.65bn . |