Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [prep] about half " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the width of the five grades is not consistent , and grade 3 not only accounts for about half the land , but also covers a much wider range of possibilities than , say , grade 1 ( Gilg , 1975a ) , and even the subsequent sub-division of grade 3 in the 1970s can not be applied objectively ( Worthington , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | er Irene was er , erm bath on a Tuesday and Ron usually goes , Ron does n't stay in very long , Irene just goes for about half an hour so she said Ron is n't coming to the bath today , he 's got a bad throat , and I never thought to say , how is his throat this |
| 3 | That she will accept low wages ; she usually works for about half the men 's wages . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |