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Sentence Examples The dulcian was made in several sizes and has a range of about two and one-half octaves. Transfer the apple sauce to clean pint jars, leaving one-half inch headspace. Each year, no more than one-half of 1 percent of the society's members are elected fellows by their peers. Unemployed workers with college degrees accounted for more than one-half of the rise in joblessness during the first half of this year. Eat about one-half cup of yogurt several times a day, especially when you take your protein. Three and one-half years later, the resulting Final Judgment affirms the validity of the original agreement. Some of the more successful programs have reduced the rearrest rate by one-fourth to one-half. The impost called annates involved the surrender of one-half of revenues during the first year of office by each new episcopal incumbent. If separate manure storage is needed, plan for about one-half cubic foot per day per 1,000 pounds live weight for raw manure. His recipe has you make a roux of five tablespoons each flour and butter, to which you add one and one-half cups stock. In the context of asset-backed securities, this figure is about one-half of public and private U.S issuance. Played under Compromise Rules, the game was one-half under Gaelic Rules and one-half under Australian Rules and the oval ball. The rafters are three and one-half inches thick by six inches wide at the eaves tapering to four inches wide at the ridge. Indianapolis led the league in 1914 with a whopping 289 miscues but edged Chicago by one and one-half games. Place one-half of the marinated foie gras on the bottom half of the cloth and roll tightly to form a tube, about four-inches in diameter. The wrong done him by David in granting one-half his possessions to Ziba, the slave of Mephibosheth, did not go unavenged. The intensity of borborygmus was low with afternoon administration, reaching only one-third to one-half that with morning administration. Two large streams joined the Tomahawk River approximately one-half mile upstream from the dam. The new vocationalism made up but one-half of the community college mission. Two and one-half months on, I still don't quite know for sure what the new normal is. Show More Sentences The work platform, stabilized by hydraulic cylinders at the four corners, varied no more than one-half degree from level. They also appear to assume that joint obligees are each entitled to one-half of the obligation. Averaged over all types of structures, aluminum components usually weigh about one-half that of carbon steel or stainless steel members. Fresh and processed apples account for over one-half of total OP exposure and risk for children. More than one-half of the firearms subject to firearm trafficking investigations were initially acquired as part of a straw purchase. Add about one-half pound of superphosphate to each bushel of organic material applied to the soil. Coffee, sugar, cotton, and indigo from Haiti accounted for nearly one-half of France's foreign trade. The lifetime of this fluorescent state is usually found to be approximately one-half picosecond. To prepare the infusion, steep one-half ounce of each of these herbs in four cups of boiling water for two hours. Bubonic and pneumonic plague had killed between one-third and one-half of the rural population, causing a severe labor shortage. More than one-half expect to contract for more services in the coming years. Minor sprains and strains and contusions constituted one-half of all injuries. Thus, Jaffe commissioned an identical copy from Marco that was precisely one-half the size. At Frog Moor Plantation, a standard expectation of one and one-half cords of wood per day was established for most slaves. Ixias have flat one inch to one and one-half inch flowers on top of wiry 10 to 15-inch stems. From the perspective of modern science as well, drinking about one-half of your weight in fluid ounces of water each day is essential for health. He said the proposed residential units would be one-half mile from the proposed freight yard. The sural nerve sometimes supplies the dorsal cutaneous area of the lateral two and one-half toes. It is estimated that state cutbacks may reduce economic growth by at least one-half percent. The height of the festival was the gala performance, which kept the audience's attention for the full four and one-half hours. Show More Sentences David presented himself at the emergency room of the hospital one and one-half days after the third cystoscopy. High nitrate levels persist when forages are cut for hay, but ensiling the crop reduces nitrates by one-half. Overtime extends beyond 5 o'clock postmeridian, but not to exceed two and one-half days' pay for the full period. It's a brilliant metallic green beetle, about one-half inch long and about a quarter of an inch wide, so it's pretty good-sized. One-third to one-half of all the energy consumed by small business is wasted through inefficiency. In a series of genocidal wars from 1904 to 1907, the German military killed three-quarters of the Herero population and nearly one-half the Namas. When catalyzed with money, governmentium becomes administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy, since it has one-half as many peons but twice as many morons. The average unit of blood remains in cold storage for more than one-half the allotted 41 days and thus provides little improvement in tissue oxygenation when infused. Brunel built his railway with a broad gauge instead of the standard four feet eight and one-half inches which had been used for lines already installed. However, the data also reveal that more than one-half of Slovak Americans who received a bachelor's degree continued their education and obtained an advanced degree. They then asked 5 men and 4 women, all healthy, to drink about a one-half cup of the de-alcoholised wine, with water added on one day and water and ethanol added on the other. This land was worked by the fellahin, who wielded two to three crops each season, usually keeping one-fourth to one-half of the harvest for themselves. This is a good deal like having a theory that tells us that the area of a plane figure is one-half the base times the altitude, without telling us for what figures this holds. Wolfgang Pauli suggested in 1930 that beta decay must involve a third particle that would be neutral, have negligible rest mass and a spin of one-half. Slightly more than three and one-half years later, Henri de Bourbon, prince of Conde and first prince of the blood made his entry into Dijon as Burgundy's new royal governor. The porridge crop was less valuable than the cereal, and fallowing meant that at any one time one-third to one-half of all arable land was producing nothing. Sugared pastries, chocolate-filled croissants, pineapple and other fruit juices, arranged in a simple but elegant display, filled one-half of the table. The camshaft is geared to turn at one-half the rate of the crankshaft. The outpost was approximately one-half mile from the crossing and consisted of two existing buildings converted into a hospital and a commissary storehouse. In 1936, Forbes Field featured a 300-foot right field foul line ending with a nine and one-half foot concrete wall, capped by an additional 18 feet of wire mesh. Show More Sentences In fish, the optic tecta and cerebellum, which can be thought of as the functional equivalent of the optic lobes, occupy approximately one-half of total brain volume. Faux leopard, mink, Mongolian lamb, shearling and more are seen in coats, vests and wraps-on their face, in their linings or as one-half of a reversible duo. Roughly one-half of the microsatellites they isolated in one species were monomorphic in the other and have presumably lost their ability to mutate. It also increases the efficiency of electron discharge tubes and imparts creep strength to wire at temperatures above one-half the absolute melting point of tungsten. Leaving one-half or one-third of the land uncultivated each year had become a widespread practice in the Middle Ages as a way to restore nutrients. Let's imagine that we would like a top and bottom margin of one inch for our main body text and a centered page number one-half inch from the bottom of every page. Lakewood is one of the hubs of Orthodox Judaism, consisting of over one-half of its population, and has one of the largest yeshivas in the world. An average household uses between one-half to one acre-feet of water per year. More than one-third of the attorneys are persons of color, and more than one-half are women. Each FT Unit will consist of one flow-through common share and one-half of one non-transferable share purchase warrant. The Buzzard 12-35-65 well flowed at 2,300 Mcf per day, even though the company has tested less than one-half of the well's productive zone. With Brava women have the possibility of attaining lasting tissue growth and an increase from one-half to one cup size. Retyping the information only required one-half FTE per month, and the incidence of typing errors was considered acceptable. During the past few weeks, conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgages have risen an average of one-half to five-eighths of a percent nationally. Meta leapt forward. In midair his lower half morphed, and suddenly he was one-half humanoid, one-half coiled spring. Ramie is a perennial from the Orient. The stalks grow 6 to 8 feet high, are about one-half inch in diameter, and are straight and nonbranching. At present, about one-half of Hong Kong's clothing exports and two-thirds of its nonknitted outerwear exports are made of cotton. Regression testing can account for as much as one-half of the cost of software maintenance. However, if a one-half hour meeting means one less room accomplished per roomkeeper, the housekeeper is challenged to cover this time somehow. A stiff lawn rake can also work if the thatch layer is one-half to one inch thick. Anything more than this, get a thatch rake. Show More Sentences The circumradius of the unit square is one-half the square root of two. A stiff lawn rake can also work if the thatch layer is one-half to one inch thick. Anything more than this, get a thatch rake. Or rent a power rake or vertical mower. During my training in the early 1960s, the inventor of the flexible gastroscope, a flexible tube one-half inch in diameter, demonstrated the new invention. Hungary has made the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, with a per capita income one-half that of the Big Four European nations. Granivorous birds were three times more abundant in the playa site than insectivores during the summer, but decreased to one-half during the winter. Because of the electron collection efficiency of the MSDC, power consumption is reduced by about one-half compared with any other electron tube or solid-state technology. The patent-pending design has a five-to-one load safety factor and is available in one-half inch, five-eighths inch, three-quarter inch, seven-eighths inch and one inch sizes. Examples from Classical Literature A little more than one-third had gravel or crushed stone to harden them, and almost exactly one-half had unimproved dirt surfaces. How can I divide myself, and say that the one-half of me is indebted to the other? Companies which cannot have subcaliber practice at home station have only one-half the annual subcaliber allowance. Arecolin in one-half grain doses, subcutaneously, has given as much satisfaction as any other drug. Four grades of delicate pink silesia and two and one-half yards of unbleached muslin for interlining, made an item of fifty cents. Mix well, turn onto floured board, roll out one-half inch thick, cover with the apple and roll up like a jelly roll. After the administration of one-half grain to a pregnant rabbit he observed loss of appetite and kyphosis. It is in two pieces, seven and one-half feet long, and weighs eight ounces in ash and lancewood, or seven ounces in split bamboo. More than one-half of the cereal crop in 1905 was produced in the prairie and plateau region of Nez Perce and latah counties. Laysan Island is two miles long by one and one-half miles broad, and at times it has been literally covered with birds. Any of the foregoing compositions will be supplied on receipt of one-half the list price. The rule is that the tenon should be one-half the width of the rail, minus the groove. The rate of transmission of tentacular waves is only one-half that of contraction-waves, viz. The minor axis or greatest breadth is about one-half the major axis or length. That was at the rate of ten and one-half dollars a week, or forty-five a month. A one-hour visit to the inner fenced area will result in a whole body exposure of one-half to one milliroentgen. It is said that one-half the world does not know how the other half lives, but not the ninety-ninth part knows how it dies. For non-exclusive rights the patentee should ask about one-half of that for exclusive rights. Two hours after breakfast next morning give one-half dram of the oleoresin of male-fern in emulsion or capsule. It is a tract of land that was given to the Otoe Indians in 1854, but one-half was sold five years ago. Show More Sentences It proved to be an ouananiche that measured twenty-seven and one-half inches in length by eleven and one-quarter inches in girth. Control feedings with an emulsion of one-half gram each of pepsin and pancreatin proved inactive. Boil two quarts of consomm, then add slowly one-half pound of pearl tapioca, and cook slowly until soft. If we save the schooner, we will receive as prize money about one-half her value. In 1732 this became fifteen and one-half pounds, with a quit-rent of a half penny per acre. I had almost finished my plans, and one-half of these will have to be redrawn. The charge is only two and one-half cents for a ride, but it costs ten cents for a rikisha boy to take you to the car. Pools in which rotenone was used had areas of as much as one-half acre and depths in excess of six feet. Some of the gulls, like the great black-backed gull, attain a length of two and one-half feet. Mix three-quarters of a pound of almond paste, one-half pound of sugar, and four whole eggs, and work until creamy and smooth. Twenty-three and one-half cubic centimeters of amber fluid flowed into the syringe before a speck of blood appeared. The open air column therefore extends from antinode to antinode or is one-half a wave length. A one-half inch eye-piece, a micrometer eye-piece, and an attachable mechanical stage are very useful additions. On measurement the air in will be found to have just one-half of its original volume. In more anterior sections the bile duct is larger in cross section, being about one-half the diameter of the oesophagus. In the bipedal walk or run a step is one-half of a stride or full round movement. Peel cold, boiled sweet potatoes and cut lengthwise in slices one-half inch thick. The drawings were made with camera lucida and were reduced one-half in making the plates. In this way their carbohydrate content is reduced, probably about one-half. Heat one-half bottle of chili sauce, pour on a platter and lay the tripe on top. Show More Sentences On the contrary, instances might be cited where only one-half of one per cent. Legler observed five coital unions in one-half hour, each preceded by courting movements. Why is one-half our consumable product contrived for consumption that yields no material benefit? Latin is included in the curricula of only about one-half of the gymnasia of Norway. To prepare it, dissolve one-half ounce of dammar rosin and one-half ounce of gum mastic in three ounces of benzole, and filter. Prepare a bath with one and one-half per cent., of the weight of feathers, saccharic acid, one-quarter per cent. Place on a platter and brush with salad oil and let stand for one-half hour. It is situated on a strip of land fifty miles in length, and only one-half mile in width, called Santa Rosa Island. Add one-half glass of good Madeira wine, pour half of the sauce over the tenderloin, and serve the rest in a sauceboat. At that time a new lighthouse of the screw pile type was built two and one-half miles offshore from Smith Point. Then the asas made another fetter, by one-half stronger, and this they called drome. The dura mater was unfortunately cut through for one-half the circumference of the circle. In our loading of East Asia transports, it required one to one and one-half hours to load one battalion. I think I put on one-half acre of the everbearing strawberries twenty-five loads of fertilizer. Ascites or exudative peritonitis is present in about one-half of the cases of cancer of the liver. Gave her one-half drachm gaultheria and requested her to take twenty drops in two hours if pain and soreness was not relieved. In the morning add a level teaspoon of salt, two rounding cups of graham flour and one-half cup sugar. Take three and one-half cups of this gravy and mix with it the granola, eggs, and salt to taste. Also the injection of one-half pint cold water, containing a teaspoonful of extract of hamamelis, after a passage, affords relief. It has only about one-half the strength and stiffness of the shellbark hickory. Show More Sentences It will be observed that nearly one-half the known losses on the upper river between 1823 and 1863 were the result of snagging. As a rule, even when the sky is clear, about one-half of the solar radiation is lost during the day by atmospheric absorption. Put one-half pound of icing sugar in a bowl with the whites of two eggs and a couple of drops of lemon juice. One and one-half pounds of icing sugar, a pony of water or fruit juice, and the whites of two eggs. Approximately one-half of the incense cedar trees, as they stand in the woods, are defective. In Nov. 1516, he obtained grace to incept, and asked for a reduction of his composition by one-half, which was probably granted. It varies in strength from one-fourth to one-half of the advance guard. And this energy is utilized at one-half the normal engine speed. A person who has not done one-half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. It is estimated that one-third to one-half of the population is introverted. By this ukase the Russian Empire loses nearly one-half of its territories. In the permanent way and ballasting, the reduction will be about one-half. Bake two and one-half hours, basting with butter and water while baking. Five bedrooms and 5 and one-half baths are distributed throughout the property's two upper floors. Solution of zinc sulphate, one-half to three grains to the ounce. Why should one-half of the world be ruled by the ipse dixit of the other? The general amount of regression in heredity, then, is one-half. Then they undersold John one-half, and he said times were scarce. There was but one-half of one day's ration of grain for the horses. Add the green pepper, and season with one-half a teaspoonful of salt. Show More Sentences If there is issue the survivor has one-half the personal estate. To two pounds of fat add one-half pint of milk, preferably sour. Fully five feet in length, and standing two and one-half feet at the shoulder, he far outweighed a wolf of corresponding size. And fifty per cent, or one-half, of the telephony of the world, is now comprised in the Bell System of this country. There are more than one and one-half millions of dairy cattle in New York. Another person, John Mason, a hosier, occupied one-half of the tenement. Cl, of which approximately one-half is converted into hydrochloric acid. That would be a charge of L175 upon my income, but with economy I could meet it, and it diminishes the debt by one-half. In cases of rheumatism, one-half ounce of saltpeter may be added. Female loveliness, in especial, is more than one-half disenchanted beneath its evil eye. Still, my dear Dinah, one-half of such a crop is a goodly yield. Now place in the pan one and one-half cups of vegetable oil. Taking from his clothing a small red-leather pocketbook, one-half of which was leaved for memoranda, he discovered that he was without a pencil. One-half The hair-pin still she keeps, one-half the brooch, Breaking with her dim hands the yellow gold, Sundering the enamel. Find more words! 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