English example sentences with "half"

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Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
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Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.
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Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.
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The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
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The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
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Your camera is only half the size of mine.
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The price of the stock declined by half in a month.
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The price of stock declined by half in a month.
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Well begun is half done.
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I'll rely on my father for half of my tuition.
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Half of the students are absent.
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Half the students were absent.
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I can walk to school in half an hour.
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It takes us half an hour to walk to school.
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It is no more than half a mile to the sea.
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We sat up half the night just talking.
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Fire cannot be prevented by half measures.
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Half of the town burnt down in the fire.
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I was half asleep when I went home.
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Where's your better half?
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It is estimated that there are over half a million words in English.
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Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.
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The first step is as good as half over.
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Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.
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Count as one fractions of half a yen and over, but ignore those of less.
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Better be half hanged than ill wed.
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Half of the apples are rotten.
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Another half hour, and our master will be back here.
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We've talked over this matter in detail for half an hour already. Let's finish it off.
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Half of the melon was eaten.
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Mexico has half as many people as Japan.
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I have half a mind to see that myself.
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The ferry started to move and we were across in half an hour.
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Half a loaf is better than none.
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Tom got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.
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I have only half as many books as he.
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Tom was sitting silent for half an hour.
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Half the fun of giving and receiving presents at any party is to see and talk about what everyone else brought.
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The population of Germany is less than half that of the United States.
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It took us half an hour to set up the tent.
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But it's almost half past eleven.
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It is just half past seven.
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Cut it in half.
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You haven't heard the half of it yet.
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The bird was half as large as an eagle.
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The bird was half the size of a hawk.
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The village lay in a valley about half a mile in breadth.
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The river is about half as long again as the Thames.
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The pupil was half asleep in class.
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The man would jump at our offer of a half price bargain sale.
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The latter half of the drama was a little dull.
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The dictionary contains about half a million words.
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The latter half of the game was very exciting.
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I have half a mind to undertake the work.
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The job earns him half a million yen every month.
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The lake can be reached in half an hour by bus.
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I lost half my interest in the project.
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Half of the apple was rotten.
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The activities of the volunteer group covered half a century.
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The program should have started by now, so we'll probably miss the first half.
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You're right. I have half a mind to do something myself.
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Susan is actually your half sister.
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The stew was not half bad.
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Half of these apples are rotten.
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This train will get you there in half the time.
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The train will get you there after half the time.
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The price of this book has been reduced by half.
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The meat is only half cooked.
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This refill lasts half a year.
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This work can be finished in half an hour.
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This bridge is one and half times as long as that.
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It gets dark about half past five these days.
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It will take you at least half an hour to go from here to the city on foot.
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Ken folded the blanket in half.
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You may take either half of the cake.
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Half the class say that they drink coffee.
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Half of the bananas in the basket were rotten.
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Emmy folded the napkin in half.
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The population of Italy is about half as large as that of Japan.
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That bridge is half as long as this one.
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Bear in mind that half one's life is lived after forty.
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The car broke down after half an hour's driving.
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You should have left half an hour earlier.
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You ought to have started half an hour ago.
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Please come back after half an hour.
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I'll be over in half an hour.
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I was kept waiting for nearly half an hour.
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We succeeded in breaking the door open after trying for half an hour.
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It took half an hour.
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Let's break off for half an hour and have some coffee.
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It's almost half past eleven.
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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
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Now, one and a half billion more human beings can live on the earth's surface, supporting themselves by working for others.
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Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.
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I've finished half so far.
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The dishes can be washed in half an hour.
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Because of a shortage of work, half the staff was discharged.
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Driving for one and a half hours to get to work is a bear.
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The job is half done.
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I've done half the work, and now I can take a break.
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Don't leave your work half finished.
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