Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] half " in BNC.
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| 1 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 2 | Derby may be flash with their money ; they were certainly flash with their football in the first half . |
| 3 | Thus , by increasingly objectifying , depersonalising , and in turn , defeminising her art in the second half of the decade , O'Keeffe moved closer to what she wanted : to be recognised as an artist , rather than as a woman artist — a term that , when applied to her , has specific erotic implications she could not tolerate . |
| 4 | A tendency to absorb smaller houses and to engage in a conscious policy of territorial expansion appears to have marked their behaviour in the second half of the thirteenth century . |
| 5 | Town lifted their game in the second half with Phil Whelan and Eddie Youds snuffing out any threat . |
| 6 | Chapman made no excuses — ‘ I say frankly there are none , — and agreed that Newcastle deserved to win because of their superiority in the second half . |
| 7 | The eleven-plus bulge was at its peak in the second half of the fifties . |
| 8 | The binary policy , which is central to the history of higher education from its elaboration in the second half of the 1960s , and intimately related to the history of the CNAA 's own policies and operations , is explained by many or all of these factors , but can not be separated from perceptions of the roles and attitudes of the universities that we have previously discussed , and which were part of the decision-making environment of the mid- and late 1960s . |
| 9 | Aristocratic influences were at their height during the first half of the nineteenth century and in any diplomatic service were always most marked at the highest levels . |
| 10 | The draft contained a preamble put forward by Luxembourg during its presidency in the first half of 1991 [ see pp. 38295-97 ] , which spoke of the EC 's " federal " goal . |
| 11 | After supplying his sixth goal of the season , Shaughnessy forced Beasley into a full length save yet Runcorn completely lost their way in the second half . |
| 12 | McNicholl looked sharp and positive when he made his entrance in the second half against Dublin and Damien Cassidy could find himself under a little pressure as a result . |
| 13 | Johnson passed the halfway mark in 25 mins 26 sec , holding a three-second advantage on Webb , but the Northumbrian gradually extended his lead in the second half of the race to win by 49 seconds . |
| 14 | Edwards , who played on despite breaking his nose in the first half , insisted : ‘ Widnes created as many chances as we did , but we were a little more clinical in our finishing . |
| 15 | Mercer used his pace in the second half to get in at the corner after Harmon 's effort and Forster scored after a quick-witted kick by Turner , who also kicked five goals . |
| 16 | Two goals from Peter Ould one of them a penalty after Tony Coyles was brought down and another from Lee Jensen put Ryhope well in command , and even though Micky Taylor pulled one back , Ould completed his hat-trick in the second half , with Ian Hindmarsh replying . |
| 17 | we 've achieved our er our aim in the first half of the seminar . |
| 18 | ‘ In my own time we 've lost four cham always do so well before losing our way in the second half . |
| 19 | Er so what I 'm looking for is to try and see that we do all we can to make sure that the second half of ninety three we take full advantage of everything that we 've got so that we do actually rapidly increase our productivity in the second half of the year . |