Sentence examples for a half better from inspiring English sources

Her five-kilometer time, 20 21.37, is a minute and a half better than it was a year ago, and her mile, 5 58 74, is 18 seconds faster.

Its average error has only been 2 percentage points – nearly a point and a half better than Gallup.

Milwaukee's 80-59 record is only a game and a half better than the Mets' 79-61 mark.

He was still good enough, though he was only a length and a half better than Flatterer.

Then Arthur's Tale was followed by a better colt, the eventual winner, Toby's Corner, who endured traffic and a start-and-stop stretch run but was still a length and a half better than Uncle Mo.

Loeb sped up the 12.72-mile 12.72-milethe mountain's 14,110-foot summit in a surprising 8:13.878 – about a minute and a half better than the existing recourse

When the month began, the Mets had the N.L.'s best record, half a game better than the Braves, two and a half games better than the Giants, four games better than the Cardinals.

Merrien could still make the Games but would have to run the 'A' standard of two hours and 12 minutes, two and a half minutes better than his best.

Last year, Woods won the Vardon Trophy for the best scoring average on the PGA Tour -- the seventh time he has won it -- shooting one-and-a-half strokes better per round than Ernie Els, the runner up.

And five-and-a-half: For better or worse, beware of spiked punch.

Substrates with this residue were recognized at least twice as well by DPAP1 than the second best-recognized amino acid, Abu, and almost two-and-a-half times better than the best-recognized natural amino acid, Val.