Example sentences of "is about half " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The resort centre is about half a mile away and it 's only a 5 minute walk to the sandy beach . |
| 3 | The number , which has been confirmed by the National Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in London , is about half the figure frequently reported . |
| 4 | Strung out along the Bridlington road , Thornholme is about half a mile from Burton Agnes . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | The flower , too , is about half the size of those of N. indicum . |
| 7 | Your customer 's staff level is about half what it was three months ago . |
| 8 | ‘ I know the five fathom mark is about half a mile offshore along the south of the island . |
| 9 | It will be seen that in each country this economically active group is about half the total population . |
| 10 | Gravel that is about half an inch in diameter has been found to be large enough for the large cichlid community tank . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | Hall 's substantial biography is about half the length of Westfall 's and takes account of much of the more recent historical research . |
| 13 | The pygmy hog weighs no more than 10kg , is about half a metre long , is grey-brown and bristly and has no facial warts . |
| 14 | This is about half a billion times the error rate of the histone H4 gene . |
| 15 | The Regional Council was consulted on the previous supermarket application and may be consulted by the District Council on the present proposal , although this is not certain as I believe it is about half the size of the earlier application . |
| 16 | This month 's increase in the numbers unemployed for a year or more is certainly extremely unwelcome , but the long-term unemployment level is about half what it was five years ago and long-term unemployment among 18 to 24-year-olds is also half that level . |
| 17 | The net cost per student hour is about half what it is in the local colleges . |
| 18 | Indeed , in Scotland , the power of a governor to limit remission is about half the power of a governor in England . |
| 19 | But for the first 10 years , HCFC-141B is about half as damaging to the ozone layer as the CFC . |
| 20 | The new species is a member of the Linyphiidae family , and at 1.2 mm long is about half the size of its relative , the money spider . |
| 21 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 22 | More than 200 jobs could be created by the development , which is about half the size of the Co-Op 's Somerville Hypermarket at Stockton . |
| 23 | ‘ We have a problem in Scotland in that our company start-up rate is about half that of England 's and banks have n't been very keen on it in the past . ’ |
| 24 | is good because each side of that is about half an hour |
| 25 | If if not , you supposed to record , they 're supposed to be , in fact , two minutes , and I could n't read , 'cos two minutes is about half two sides of of transcript , so that 's all we need really . |
| 26 | What it is actually , is about half the subsidy being phased out in these two goes . |
| 27 | mm and you paid the revised one which is about half the price is n't it ? |