Example sentences of "between half " in BNC.
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| 1 | The precise level will be dictated by your setting-out with the tiling gauge , but will usually be between half and three-quarters of a tile width above the skirting board . |
| 2 | All three polls put the Tory support up by between half a point and three points since last week . |
| 3 | Choose between half board and self-catering on a range of durations and enjoy the great prices for you and unbeatable savings for children . |
| 4 | The inhabitants made it clear that their commons had been reduced to between half and a third of their former size . |
| 5 | The veins or ‘ lodes ’ of tin so formed varied in width between half a metre and six metres . |
| 6 | Of the remaining 21 , seven said they spent under half their time on training , and 14 said they spent between half and three-quarters of their time . |
| 7 | Between half and two-thirds of smokers die of something other than smoking . |
| 8 | Within parish churches the use of coffin stools were , in some areas , being overtaken by the bier and the custom of issuing mourners with wax tapers — slender candles some two or three feet in length and between half and 1&1/2 inches in diameter — was already in decline , not to be reintroduced until the late sixteenth century when they reappeared in their new capacity as flambeaus for night-time funerals ; in the eighteenth century a more elaborate form of triple candle , twisted to resemble a three-branched candlestick and very much like the Candlemas candle once used in the Roman Rite , was carried by one of the undertaker 's men proceeding the cortège . |
| 9 | ‘ during the hours of darkness ’ This point means the time between half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise . |
| 10 | Though some of those applications came from people who would be generally recognised as refugees , many — between half and two-thirds , according to some observers — are fleeing poverty not persecution . |
| 11 | Finally , the TCR- β mutant thymus contains a few CD4 + SP and CD8 + SP cells , of which between half and two-thirds are γ T cells ( data not shown ) . |
| 12 | They last between half and two seconds and while their amplitude may only be in the region of 50 microvolts , they may be as large as 250 microvolts from peak to trough ( see Fig. 2.6 ) . |
| 13 | Putting together what we know about girls " apprenticeships — lasting three or four years — and wage rates , it can be deduced that from the age of say 17 until perhaps 25 for those who married , women compositors were doing the equivalent of full-time typesetting for wages that varied between half and two-thirds the adult male wage , depending on whether stab or piece rates are measured . |
| 14 | They should be between 23 and 30 cm ( 9–12 in ) long , with the lower leaves removed , and then buried for up to between half and two-thirds their length in a sheltered bed or border , spaced about 15 cm ( 6in ) apart . |
| 15 | Between half an hour and 40 minutes for each side ( to be divided between leader and junior as they think fit ) is enough time . |
| 16 | Stay away from the telephone for an hour , between half past nine and half past ten this evening . |
| 17 | If in the latter case the seller supplies staves between half an inch and nine-sixteenths of an inch thick , he is in breach of the condition as to description , Arcos v. Ronaasen ( 1933 H.L. ) . |
| 18 | Well I , excuse me , I would ask you to come on that corner at five O'clock at night , and at half past eight , between half past eight and nine in the morning , and see what speed they all come round , alright ? |
| 19 | one of our serious of the year , we should er extend that debate er we could extend as late perhaps half past one for lunch or we could bring it to half way between half past one , so the feeling in respect of that |
| 20 | But they took a dive between half three and five . |
| 21 | Cos they go out to work at half past eight and you hear them between half past seven and half past eight |
| 22 | Yes but you see when you get out of here about seven times between half past six and eight o'clock at night |
| 23 | About half in between half past five and quarter to six . |
| 24 | Would you tell them that I 'll be giving them a ring between half past six and quarter past seven . |
| 25 | Updates on the traffic throughout the afternoon and the full service at tea time tonight , Alan Clifford on for John Simons between half past four and seven later on radio Nottingham F M one O three point eight and ninety five point five . |