Example sentences of "about half " in BNC.

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1 Deputy unit manager Phil Brown , who has taken responsibility for the computer system , says : ‘ We can do the stocktake in about half a day with the Psion Organiser .
2 ‘ If Sir Vivien had reached the fifteenth green at the time of his abduction and Bonzo arrived in the clubhouse at ten o'clock , we can assume that Sir Vivien himself must have begun his round at , shall we say , about half past eight . ’
3 After about half an hour , Jane reappeared .
4 About half an hour later she reappeared .
5 If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings .
6 If you can exercise just two or three times a week , for about half an hour at a time , you will keep your body in shape .
7 Much of this was ‘ own label ’ merchandise of course , but occasionally one would come across a familiar branded item , at about half the price of those at home .
8 For even better bedding , prepare the site , then lay an even bed of mortar over an area which can be paved in about half an hour .
9 The Republicans put up candidates in about half the constituencies and their overall share of the vote stayed low at 2.3 per cent .
10 In about half of those cases there is no apparent cause , according to the report .
11 The Blue Guide lists almost 20 museums , churches and galleries within a circular area about half a mile across .
12 Britons now chomp their way through more than 27,000 tonnes a year — about half a kilo for every man , woman and child .
13 About half said they were in stable relationships .
14 In about half , much of the work was insufficiently demanding , particularly for older and more able children .
15 ‘ They are about half a mile or so away , ’ he replied , ‘ and , most important , they are our guns .
16 I met up with Pat in a small room at the front of the house tucking into a breakfast of fried eggs and an obscure piece of meat that took up about half of his mess-tin .
17 About half a mile away an attack is going in on a hill , I can see Commandos advancing up the slopes , shells burst a short distance in front of the forward troops , probably covering fire from the British Artillery .
18 About half the electorate were party supporters in 1986 , and half uncommitted , by this definition .
19 Bolshevik sources reveal that about half the population of the guberniia did not have enough to eat by then , and the position was no better by spring of 1922 .
20 The ending of the former child allowances and their replacement with tax-free child benefits in 1975 meant an increase in the problem of dependency , with only about half the 750,000 one-parent families in 1976 , for instance , able to rely on their income as means of support .
21 The reduction in the number of Cabinet meetings ( 45 — 50 per annum , about half of the post-war norm ) , and of Cabinet papers ( 60 — 70 , or one-sixth of the figure in the 1950s ) , and the appointment of fewer Cabinet committees have reduced the opportunities for collective deliberation .
22 Aid is now essential to Africa as any kind of external finance is essential : it is a means of paying for imports which would otherwise not be bought , about half of which are capital goods necessary for the maintenance of assets , badly depreciated after years of neglect .
23 My lesson lasted about half the time of Tony 's , terminating as he was explaining the purpose of the deadman 's handle to me when a gust filled his chute and hauled him off in fine style .
24 The final creations weighed a mere ten kilograms , about the same as a top-class racing bike and about half the weight of most ATBs .
25 Built in Luton at IBC and with a range of European Vauxhall and Opel engines that take local content to 80 per cent , they 'll be in about half of Vauxhall 's dealers with prices just up on the Suzuki Vitara for the Sport and just below the Isuzu Trooper and old Shogun for the five-door Across Europe , GM is optimistic it can sell 40,000 and has capacity for another 10,000 should Europe 's fastest-growing market segment require it .
26 Charlie come into the Dragon at about half nine , maybe a quarter to ten .
27 If it were due to some ‘ memory ’ of our life-style then we would predict that about half the population would show a value less than 24 hours and the free-running periods of individuals would be distributed fairly symmetrically about an average value of 24 hours .
28 When the gold has been extracted from the crushed and ground rock , only about half of that can fit back into its original space .
29 I wore it just about half a dozen times , during which the button came off and the lining split .
30 About half the deputies who defied Gen Aoun 's attempts to block the presidential election are Christians like Mr Muawad .
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