Example sentences of "for about half [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The average duration of use of heroin by clients of the three agencies is about one to three years , a habit length which accounts for about half to two-thirds of the users known to each agency . |
| 2 | For a small firm of solicitors in a market town , conveyancing has accounted for about half of all fee income . |
| 3 | For a small firm of solicitors in a market town , conveyancing has accounted for about half of all fee income . |
| 4 | Digital Instruments still relies on universities and research institutes for about half of its sales . |
| 5 | The FDA was quoted as saying that the asthma drug Intal , which accounts for about half of Fisons ' pharmaceutical sales , was still on sale despite ‘ violations ’ only because of its medical necessity . |
| 6 | The appendices alone account for about half of the book . |
| 7 | Commercial local radio stations rely on national advertising campaigns for about half of their revenue , and on local campaigns for the other half . |
| 8 | Initially , most of these sales were made through mail order specialists but retail has become a growing sector and today accounts for about half of current sales . |
| 9 | For about half of the innovations in the sample , patents delayed imitation by less than a few months . |
| 10 | Market analysis suggests that inkjet sales , which were virtually zilch three or four years ago , will massively exceed both laser and dot matrix printer sales over the next few years , accounting for about half of the total printer market by 1997 . |
| 11 | Indeed , for about half of the prescriptions the charge exceeds the drug 's cost , and people are now finding it cheaper to buy the simpler remedies over the pharmacist 's counter . |
| 12 | These people will still be entitled to all the investment returns on the with-profits element of their investment — which accounts on average for about half of all investment into UWP contracts — but they will only be entitled to 60 per cent of the infrastructure profits on both the with-profits and the unit-linked business . |
| 13 | Mergers account for about half of the increase in industrial concentration in the UK . |
| 14 | Indirect taxation in the form of VAT is a major source of UK tax revenue , accounting for about half of the take from commodity taxation and about 15% of total tax revenue . |
| 15 | The 10 companies , in Belgium , France , West Germany and Italy , were responsible for about half of total EC consumption of cement . |
| 16 | Generally , this insurance is organized by a leading merchant bank which will sub-contract a proportion of the insurance to other sub-underwriters for about half of the fee . |
| 17 | Capital expenditure on our refineries , including environmental and mandatory investments to improve product quality , now accounts for about half of BP Oil 's capital budget . |
| 18 | We conclude that fundectomy for about half of the life span in rats stimulates pancreatic hyperplasia and hypertrophy as well as growth of acidophilic atypical acinar cell foci . |
| 19 | Nearly two thirds of the EOE 's clients are private investors who account for about half of the trading volume . |
| 20 | Temperate forests--including deciduous , coniferous , mixed and mountain forests--account for about half of the earth 's forest cover . |
| 21 | We got there for about half past twelve in the afternoon . |