Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] half a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working with a series of transparent resin models in polarized light , Marsh was able to show that a step was just as bad a stress concentrator as the equivalent crack , in fact it might be regarded as half a crack . |
| 2 | He then used skills honed in half a lifetime as a successful actor to feign shock and sorrow , said Mr Calvert-Smith . |
| 3 | The effect of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and the Economic Recovery Tax Act was to move the United States in new directions in economic policy ; fundamental change of a sort that had not been seen for half a century . |
| 4 | The career of the demagogue John Wilkes aroused political passions fiercer than any seen for half a century , passions which were often rooted in real political idealism . |
| 5 | Stocktake can be done in half a day with the Psion Organiser |
| 6 | It could be done in half a day ; I mean , the cartage . ’ |
| 7 | The woods in Coulby Newham , which have suffered from half a century of neglect , will be rejuvenated with help from three developers Wimpey , Yuill and McLean who are building on adjacent plots . |
| 8 | One could argue that the similarity is coincidental ; alternatively , one could claim that similar conditions have evoked a similar response to two events separated by half a century . |
| 9 | The ratio of men to women board directors there has risen by half a point to just under 2% . |
| 10 | This is as true in any detective novel as it is in scientific research or investigative journalism , and in supposing that the test-tube fusion idea had been overlooked for half a century we are already repeating a media ‘ factoid ’ that is incorrect . |
| 11 | But his ‘ green ’ Budget was condemned as half a figleaf to hide his party 's environmental shame . |
| 12 | For the first dose , the bottle should be succussed 8–12 times , and one tablespoonful of it should be diluted with half a glass of water . |
| 13 | For example , Gallup found that among those who said they would ‘ definitely ’ vote the Tories ' lead was two points compared with half a point among all electors . |
| 14 | The band of limestone continues north from Alum pot on the same contour , the severe Washfold Pot being reached in half a mile , and then curves around the end of Park Fell potholes to complete the encirclement of the mountain at Chapel-le-Dale . |
| 15 | You 've only got ta look in the back of the T T G because there 's now four pages of jobs compared to half a page |
| 16 | Another decided that tiv must mean ‘ just a tiny bit ’ and so added a teaspoon of water , compared to half a glass for more , and so on ( Clark , unpublished data ) . |
| 17 | From one of these , situated within half a mile of the proposed Chirbury Station , it is stated that 10,000 tons are annually raised for local requirements , and that easy and cheap means of transit , such has the railway would supply , are only required to bring it into extensive use . |
| 18 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 19 | A gloomy , whale-ribbed corridor led after half a kilometre to a moist cloacal side-passage aglow with lichen where ventilator gargoyles exhaled dazing smouldery fumes . |
| 20 | I suppose they 'd all gone in half a minute but it seemed an eternity of fascination and fear to a cringing youth . |
| 21 | There was a further easing of monetary policy on April 4 , 1991 , when interest rates were cut by half a percentage point to 11.5 per cent . |
| 22 | On 5 May UK bank base rates were cut by half a point to 10% , but further falls in interest rates may have to wait until Germany begins to cut its rates . |
| 23 | As a rule of thumb , if the growth rate in industrial economies falls by one percentage point , the export growth of all developing countries will be I h points lower , and their GNP growth cut by half a point . |
| 24 | One alcoholic drink is to be taken as half a pint of beer , one glass of wine , one small glass of sherry or one small measure of spirit . |
| 25 | In Britain in the early days of cinema , prosecutions were brought not for obscenity , but for breaches of licensing conditions , and when certification became the rule in 1923 , legal actions ceased for half a century until sex suddenly became a burning media issue in most Western countries . |
| 26 | At low speed , power must also be used and the power associated with half a bar attitude change would be 200 rpm or 1–2 ins MP . |
| 27 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 28 | Papez set the agenda for how emotion would be studied for half a century . |
| 29 | ‘ Reunited after half a century ! |
| 30 | You are faced with half a packet of dusty dried peas , the unopened naan bread mix that seemed such a good idea at the time and the smoked oysters left over from last year 's Christmas hamper . |