The phrase "a half event" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to describe something that is partially completed or not fully realized, but clarity may be lacking.
Example: "The project felt like a half event, as we only managed to implement some of the planned features."
Alternatives: "partial occurrence" or "incomplete event".
First in Texas, where I spoke with and listened to superintendents and school board members; then at Education Nation, a day-and-a-half event put on by NBC and sponsored by the University of Phoenix and some major foundations, and finally at the annual dinner where the McGraw Prize in Education is awarded.
One of Mr. Rorsted's many gatherings this summer was a two-and-a-half-hour event in Shanghai with about 1,100 of his staff.
The two-and-a-half-week event has players competing for a share of more than £1.5m in prize money at Alexandra Palace with the final on 2 January.
Toward the start and finish of the two-and-a-half hour event, songs of displacement, alienation and wandering peppered the set.
The bus tour was part of a day-and-a-half press event organized by the Detroit Regional News Hub, a media organization that has been working closely with journalists since its founding in 2008.
In between posing for photos and putting his signature on novelty bowling pins, Lin managed to play several frames during the first hour of the two-and-a-half-hour event.
While Senator John Kerry was mentioned exactly once during the five-and-a-half-hour event, by Mr. Springsteen, and Michael Stipe of R.E.M. wore a Kerry thehirt, the musicians pitched their songs and comments to spur committed anti-Bush voters to the polls.
At a press conference following the three-and-a-half-hour event, Haneke dismissed interest in awards buzz and was courteously curt about the importance of any formal accolade.
He is the clear form pick and the decision of the trainer to step Karabak up in distance for this race instead of running him in the alternative two-and-a-half-mile event tomorrow should be vindicated.
The two-and-a-half hour event is expected to attract some 50,000 revelers which, at $15 apiece, will gross an estimated $750,000 for the multi-millionaire preacher's ministry.
