Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [prep] the first half " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was fortunate to have been associated with him in this development over the first half of the 1940s . |
| 2 | Another development during the first half of the 1980s hastened the decline in ordinary charter-train operation : the wholesale withdrawal of ageing steamheated 90mph Mk 1 coaching stock from which such trains were usually formed . |
| 3 | Hereford lost this game in the first half . |
| 4 | In his definitive book Elgar On Record , Jerrold Northrop Moore says that this item was recorded before the landlines were working ; but the ‘ Woodland Interlude ’ from Caractacus was recorded under his supervision and this item plus the first half of Dream Children was later copied onto the same side for publication . |
| 5 | This rise is dramatic , as is illustrated in figure 6.6 , which shows a steep rise in this age-group in the first half of the twentieth century and a levelling out at about 15 per cent from the 1980s well into the next century . |
| 6 | In the remaining 12 minutes ( four by the grace of Norling ) Oxford were too spent for a second comeback , but Cambridge were no doubt relieved that their efficient rucking and slick passing established such dominance in the first half . |
| 7 | Encamped for long spells in the Lansdowne territory Ballymena should have had a comfortable interval lead but McAleese uncharacteristically missed a penalty at either end of the first half . |
| 8 | WHAT on earth did Scotland do with that ball in the first half ? |
| 9 | ‘ We saw a decline through the second half of last year and there is no sign of any recovery in the first half . |
| 10 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 11 | Apart from O'Leary 's injury , Arsenal had things largely their own way in the first half against a Norwich team who were still obviously suffering from the disappointment of Sunday 's Cup defeat . |
| 12 | Middlesbrough had been at full stretch against Cambridge 's direct , high-ball game and their own attack posed little threat in the first half . |