Example sentences of "half of the [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an extreme case of a rise of 5–6 m in sea level , the USA would lose most of its southern coastal lowlands including half of the state of Florida . |
| 2 | The requirement that the consignor 's name be stated was only half of the document of title equation . |
| 3 | According to Eknomska politika ( 20 July 1987 ) , these agreements covered at that time about half of the value of exports to the convertible currency area , so that only about half of these exports were generating an inflow of foreign exchange . |
| 4 | ‘ I had a phone call from Mr. Mendelson. ’ — the solicitor — ‘ He asked me if I would agree to accept half of the stock of Mr. Mahmoud on condition that I would not go to court against him . |
| 5 | Holders of less than £500 formed around 21 per cent of the total number of accounts in both Bank and East India stock , 38 per cent of holders of the 4 per cent stock and more than half of the holders of South Sea stock , but in all four cases this group held less than 10 per cent of the total stock . |
| 6 | Since women constitute rather more than half of the population of Britain , discussions of their social position will be found in all of the other chapters of this book . |
| 7 | Now 700 000 people , nearly half of the population of Northern Ireland , live within 20 km of central Belfast . |
| 8 | Over half of the population of Pinner , an agricultural village in 1851 , were born elsewhere ( Kirkman 1985 ) . |