Example sentences of "[is] about half " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , but it 's about half what Debbie gets and it 's paid not by my father but by his firm of ship 's engineers of which he 's a director . |
| 2 | I think there 's about half a pint left . |
| 3 | Now it 's about half and half . |
| 4 | That 's about half an hour from now . ’ |
| 5 | The hall 's about half a mile up that road . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We got ta go towards that lake , it 's about half a mile . |
| 7 | Erm I think it 's about half . |
| 8 | It 's about half yeah . |
| 9 | That 's now down to about 35 , and our turnover 's about half what it was . ’ |
| 10 | It 's a a a re a really nice restaurant but you can pick all your food raw and they just , there 's a chef cooking , and you just get one of these plates , you can have as many helpings as you want , they serve you a cold starter and a hot starter but there 's a buffet that 's about half the size of our club and one side of it it 's all fish on a wet fish slab , and steak , and veal , and chicken and so there 's every sort of meat you can think of , and you can pick a wooden platter full of it , so you go and give it the chef with this number that they give you and then they come serve you with whatever you want . |
| 11 | Eggs and bacon and fried bread , it 's about half past nine , to do something else , but he came tearing in , I 've got to go to the office , she said , as though it was my fault , and he 'd rung to make sure everything was alright , got no reply , and suddenly remembered that his secretary was going to have appointment , there 's nobody there , so |
| 12 | No and just have a look at the computer I mean the printer that 's about half a metre long . |
| 13 | er it 's something even , even though got , because it 's about half an hour di is , is it , is it half an hour difference between here and London ? |
| 14 | It 's far away from the Vale either , it 's about half way between the university and the |
| 15 | Well at the present moment it 's about , where he is it 's about half past five , twenty to six , so he is probably waiting for his supper I should think his evening meal . |
| 16 | It 's about half five in n it normally ? |
| 17 | Erm because erm er it 's about half an hour before break time . |
| 18 | It 's it 's about half the size again . |
| 19 | Its situation is about half way between Westminster and Windsor , similarly between the Royal Parks of Richmond and Hyde Park , from the latter of which two roads ran westward , one from the north side and the other from the south side , both meeting at Turnham Green . |
| 20 | The resort centre is about half a mile away and it 's only a 5 minute walk to the sandy beach . |
| 21 | The number , which has been confirmed by the National Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in London , is about half the figure frequently reported . |
| 22 | Strung out along the Bridlington road , Thornholme is about half a mile from Burton Agnes . |
| 23 | For example , the B string is about half the level of the top E , and the bottom E is louder than the rest put together ! |
| 24 | The flower , too , is about half the size of those of N. indicum . |
| 25 | Your customer 's staff level is about half what it was three months ago . |
| 26 | ‘ I know the five fathom mark is about half a mile offshore along the south of the island . |
| 27 | It will be seen that in each country this economically active group is about half the total population . |
| 28 | Gravel that is about half an inch in diameter has been found to be large enough for the large cichlid community tank . |
| 29 | For example , data from the United States suggests that the human sperm-count per ejaculation is about half its value of a quarter of a century ago ( James 1980 ) . |
| 30 | Hall 's substantial biography is about half the length of Westfall 's and takes account of much of the more recent historical research . |