Example sentences of "[prep] at least half the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that the eyes of at least half the accountants and data-processors at the neighbouring tables were on her as well as my own . |
| 2 | Sometimes there were cries of pain , shouts of ‘ I ca n't breathe ’ , but mostly a loud and continuous din of sobbing from at least half the people in the room . |
| 3 | According to the report , 42 of the 56 mills investigated ( out of a total of 100 in Britain ) had exceeded their discharge limits at least once in the two years to March 1992 , and the eight worst offenders had done so on at least half the occasions when effluent was tested . |
| 4 | Watch to see how long the shade persists ; if sunlight reaches the area for at least half the day , plants listed as tolerating partial shade will thrive there . |
| 5 | Lists of freemen of the city must be used with great caution , for their coverage was far from complete , but they indicate patterns of immigration amongst the ‘ middling ’ groups of townsmen — the tradesmen , craftsmen and shopkeepers who together accounted for at least half the adult male population . |
| 6 | looking at the other person for at least half the time and holding eye contact for a complete thought ( usually about five seconds ) |