Example sentences of "half as [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( not half as fancy as Gav 's listserver ) for FF traffic . |
| 2 | I said Not half as pleased as we are to see you . . |
| 3 | However , these cells are currently only half as efficient as crystalline cells for their output reduces by as much as 15 per cent the longer they are exposed to light . |
| 4 | ‘ I just wish , ’ he said , ‘ I was half as well as baby . ’ |
| 5 | So on the FGM all three have been countersunk by an extra few mm , meaning that the pickup mounting rings sit flush with the body , which does n't look half as odd as you 'd imagine . |
| 6 | 'e 's not half , 'e 's not half as dirty as 'im . |
| 7 | WE 'RE SORRY we ca n't return any of your Gallery pictures , but not half as sorry as we are for inflicting this smirking , high-voiced , tubby toff with less personality than a plasticine man on you . |
| 8 | At six months ' duration , the new scheme will be half as long as RTS , reflecting the greater maturity and experience of the staff taking part . |
| 9 | With running costs at approximately 5.5 pence per mile , they are only half as expensive as standard petrol-driven vehicles . |
| 10 | Well , you do n't mind half as much when they 're miles away . |
| 11 | About 90 per cent of exports are to the US , where Indian software systems cost half as much as American ones . |
| 12 | A Big Mac in a Hong Kong McDonald 's costs half as much as one bought in a big-city McDonald 's in the United States . |
| 13 | Not only does teaching a teenager at school cost less than half as much as at university . |
| 14 | He did n't blame her for what she 'd done half as much as she blamed herself . |
| 15 | Not half as much as I am of you ! thought Henry , as he ran his eyes down the rest of the manuscript ( she must have written it before going to sleep ) . |
| 16 | Charman chipped in half as much as the rest because he was not sure whether he wanted to stay with them — and actually played only half the record . |
| 17 | I 'm not eating half as much as I did on camp and I 'm starving . ’ |
| 18 | She now leant across the counter and , poking her face down to the child 's , she said , ‘ No , I did n't Bobbie , because if I had you would n't have got half as much as is in that bag . |
| 19 | The target was a craft that cost half as much as the SR.N6 to buy . |
| 20 | Whatever the cause of this increase , it may be contributing almost half as much as carbon dioxide in the global greenhouse effect . |
| 21 | As a matter of fact , all the playing that I do , the fingering and the fast stuff that I try to do , does n't turn me on half as much as the accidental feedbacks and things that happen with the more experimental side of my guitar playing . |
| 22 | ‘ Not half as much as I 'd like to — ’ the voice stopped . |
| 23 | Not half as much as we are . |
| 24 | I know we can thank them for showing some tennis , unlike ITV which does n't show any at all , but they do n't show half as much as would all like . |
| 25 | ‘ Not half as much as Oliver Craddock . ’ |
| 26 | There will always be books which are worth launching with a party because you are going to get wide coverage , but the half-page ad in Cosmo on your own is n't worth half as much as an advertorial that is tied in with a bookshop group . |
| 27 | Do you want me even half as much as I want you ? |
| 28 | ‘ Pah , nothing 's left from the previous existence — only the mere lees and dregs of thought , dreams of past time that the creature does not heed , or not half as much as the figments he has derived from Milton ! |
| 29 | Although it emphasized that the sum required was not only insignificant compared with military spending world-wide , but only half as much as Germany was expected to spend on the process of unification , the report also acknowledged that more efficient use could be made of the money already being spent . |
| 30 | They 're part of a European team working on a nuclear fusion project , but claim they 're paid only half as much as their continental colleagues . |