Example sentences of "[is] [adv] half the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's only half the time it took me last time . |
| 2 | There 's only half the class so you ca n't really throw many eggs and rotten tomatoes and things can you ? |
| 3 | You see and it 's alright to buy a new chiller , it 's only half the problem . |
| 4 | He stood up , stony-faced , and was turning to the door when James Menzies held up his hand and said , ‘ Wait — wait — that is only half the business . ’ |
| 5 | I draw attention to their provenance because commentators have focused on the family-magazine question , on the attempt , that is , to get the chapter past Katkov in some shape or form , and I think this is only half the story . |
| 6 | Deloitte has an impressive list of audit clients although its management consultancy practice is only half the size of Coopers . |
| 7 | This is only half the truth . |
| 8 | Indeed , a number of studies have shown that the rate of relapse following CBT is only half the rate for clients taking anti-depressants . |
| 9 | Moreover , this is only half the story . |
| 10 | These days many people know that they should bend their knees when they bend down to pick up an object , but this is only half the story . |
| 11 | Obviously , television has heightened awareness of the sport , but that is only half the story . |
| 12 | ‘ Greg is only half the story though is n't he , Dad ? ’ she said quietly . |
| 13 | But this is only half the story , for Norris also believes that the lower jaw acts as an acoustic channel or probe for the returning sound . |
| 14 | But that is only half the picture , for sensory perception is always linked to motor response , to outward behaviour . |
| 15 | But leaving is only half the commitment . |
| 16 | The output stage is only half the story however . |
| 17 | GETTING THERE IS ONLY HALF THE FUN . |
| 18 | Kingsley Paige dealers were saying to their old clients : " Everything you 've read , heard , or suspected about Harvard , I can assure you is only half the story . |
| 19 | The answer is that the Schrödinger equation is only half the dynamical story . |
| 20 | But this is only half the story . |
| 21 | Note that this is only half the apparent pay advantage the average woman would reap from being paid like a man . |
| 22 | But this is only half the story . |
| 23 | The fact that the priest is showing tourists rather than the illiterate the paintings is only half the point that Mac Caig is trying to put across . |
| 24 | ‘ Remember , though , this is only half the case . |
| 25 | But police say getting the message to the public is only half the battle : |
| 26 | For police forces struggling to cope with record levels of crime , arresting people and locking them up is only half the battle . |
| 27 | He 's away half the time . |
| 28 | So that you have your they 're not so daft as to know that two people who are going to come and live even if Richard 's away half the time . |
| 29 | Half a litre of Stella Artois lager is 60p cheaper in France than in the UK , and a bottle of Morgon Beaujolais is just half the price . |
| 30 | That 's nearly half the ground area ! |