Example sentences of "for [adv] [adv] half [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | City investors accepted shares on condition that all could be placed but by last night potential buyers had been found for only about half the stake . |
| 2 | The Bush administration is proud of the pioneering use of emissions-trading in the clean-air act , which it hopes will cut sulphur-dioxide output for just over half the cost of equivalent regulation . |
| 3 | In Wilson 's first defeat by a British competitor over this distance for 2½ years the two swam neck and neck for just over half the race before Akers suddenly pulled ahead as he searched for an Olympic qualifying time . |
| 4 | Gifts account for just over half the books received into the Library this year : 1455 out of a total of 2814 . |
| 5 | If it is taken to include distribution , financial and business services , government , and a whole range of what are defined as miscellaneous services — which incorporate such disparate occupations as garage mechanics and actors — the sector accounted for just under half the labour force and a similar share of output by the early 1970s . |
| 6 | So he had only had to cope with the loss for slightly over half an hour . |
| 7 | Now the time which erm i is scheduled for around about half a day each . |
| 8 | The three-year legal battle ended in 1983 when Charles and David bought out their brothers ' stake for well over half a billion pounds . |
| 9 | The ‘ Edison Voicewriter ’ machine remained in use for well over half a century ( 45 ) . |
| 10 | Then in 1987 the Royal Ordnance factories , responsible for well over half the total needs of their owner , the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) , were privatised — and pitched , in the process , into a root-and-branch reorganisation . |
| 11 | Thus , in 1982 the top 100 quoted companies accounted for well over half the turnover , profit , and capital employed of the top 1000 companies , and within the top 100 , the top 10 accounted for over a quarter of turnover and capital . |
| 12 | You should be able to obtain a loan for well under half the cost you mention . |