Example sentences of "[det] than half the total [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1982 crude oil accounted for more than half the total cost of imports . |
| 2 | Basic provision of shelter , heat and light often consume more than half the total income of unemployed claimants . |
| 3 | Goods and services produced according to global strategies now comprise more than half the total output , while by 1985 between a quarter and half of world trade ( varying according to economic sector ) was intrafirm , that is between buyer and seller within a single enterprise ( Strange , 1991 ) . |
| 4 | The cost of processing and distributing food in the UK came to £17,381 million in 1984 , which is more than half the total food bill , according to a study carried out by the London Food Commission . |
| 5 | More than half the total number were categorized as educationally subnormal . |
| 6 | A great deal of the organic matter in the waste comes from the fibres , this being sometimes more than half the total amount in the effluent , particularly with some of the natural fibres . |
| 7 | The self-built homes of Mexico City have increased from 14 per cent of the population and 23 per cent of the built-up area in 1952 to more than half the total population and built-up area today ( Hurtado 1986 ) . |
| 8 | Geoffrey Hillcoat , Durham County Council group traffic manager for road safety , said incidents in Darlington accounted for more than half the total cycling accidents in County Durham last year . |
| 9 | Various issues arise : ( 1 ) In simple terms , management 's controlling stake in Newco will be worth more than half the total value of Newco . |
| 10 | For instance , in the South-East region ( as defined in the relevant edition of the Times Guide to the House of Commons ) the Liberals won none of the 40 seats , Labour took only three , whilst the Conservatives — for less than half the total constituency votes — bagged all the rest . |
| 11 | All or most of the total , or the half of less than half the total amount you spent ? |
| 12 | This galvanised the National Agent , R. T. Windle , into making plans for an individual membership campaign early in 1944 ; and it led to the executive summoning a conference of trade union officers so as to encourage them to contribute to a general election fund and to increase the proportion of their contracting-in membership — which was much less than half the total membership they reported to the Trades Union Congress . |
| 13 | These two broad industrial groups account for rather less than half the total labour force but nearly two-thirds of the temporary labour force [ see Table 2.1 ] . |