Example sentences of "[that] [adv] half the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were fears that extension work to the Jubilee Line would mean that only half the area would be available this year . |
| 2 | Most , but not all , of the islanders retreated to the mainland , returning five months later to discover that their island had grown by over a square mile and that nearly half the town had been destroyed . |
| 3 | MORALE in Britain is so low that nearly half the population would emigrate if they could , according to a survey . |
| 4 | Right , now you you 've already made it clear to us that about half the increase in development costs are due to increases in the costs of the equipment . |
| 5 | Only 22 managed to meet this date , but by 1955 a good submission record meant that about half the country 's plans had been approved , and the bulk by the end of the decade . |
| 6 | Even now the World Health Organisation estimates that 107 countries are affected and that about half the world 's population is exposed to the risk of infection . |
| 7 | Bolshevik sources reveal that about half the population of the guberniia did not have enough to eat by then , and the position was no better by spring of 1922 . |
| 8 | If it were due to some ‘ memory ’ of our life-style then we would predict that about half the population would show a value less than 24 hours and the free-running periods of individuals would be distributed fairly symmetrically about an average value of 24 hours . |
| 9 | Group energy buyer Neil Tribick explains that around half the volume is consumed by plants requiring more than 1MW , with the rest in the 100KW to 900KW category . |
| 10 | The situation was almost the same at Exeter , but 48 per cent of the subsidy assessments were at £1 , mostly on wages , while in Coventry these were only a handful out of a total of some 700 taxpayers , meaning that almost half the population literally ‘ possessed absolutely nothing but the rags they stood up in , a few sticks and boards for ‘ furniture ’ , and the tools of their trade , if any' , Exeter clearly enjoyed full employment — as full , that is , as was attainable in the conditions of the time — while Coventry languished in the grip of severe unemployment , and indeed in the early 1520s was undergoing a series of acute economic crises . |
| 11 | No industrial society ought to accept that almost half the population can , in effect , be disenfranchised from Technology at such an early age . |
| 12 | The Treasury was still unable to pay and supply the army adequately — despite the fact that over half the budget was devoted to military expenditure even in peacetime . |
| 13 | Their report ‘ The Trade Gap in Food and Drink ’ , ( 1992 ) states that over half the deficit is accounted for by trade with northern EC countries ( Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , Denmark and Ireland ) . |
| 14 | We also have an ever-growing harbour complex , with the result that over half the city 's workforce are dependent on the transportation industry for their livelihood . |
| 15 | Poll on poll has suggested that over half the population believes abortion should be legal as a matter of course , and that nearly 90% say it should be legal in certain cases . |
| 16 | Recent figures show that over half the population suffers from back paint at some point in their lives and tennis players certainly are n't immune . |
| 17 | When we are talking about the end of privilege and we are talking about the future and training , we must remember that over half the population are hard done by . |
| 18 | The Prime Minister said that over half the population ’ go through life like a hobbled horse in a steeplechase . ’ |
| 19 | Details of a confidential government report sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture were published in the press in May , containing the estimate that over half the population was living below the breadline and that 2,000,000 people were in urgent need of food aid . |