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The phrase "a half of some" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in informal contexts where the speaker is trying to express a portion of an unspecified quantity or item.
Example: "I only need a half of some of the ingredients for the recipe."
Alternatives: "half of some" or "a portion of some".
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For five yuan, a kid in a small town could take home an hour and a half of some kind of sample of American life.
That's exactly what happened with the Focus hangar on Elementenstraat, which would become the stage for a year and a half of some of the craziest parties I've seen.
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Cook and stir for another eight minutes, remove from the heat, then stir in the tomato, lemon zest, coriander, a teaspoon and a half of salt and some black pepper.
People were buzzing with chatter about the first hour and a half of the symposium including some of my classmates who I ran into at the front door.
In the first year and a half of the grading system, some 14,000 inspections have been devoted to grade resolution for B-range restaurants.
We found that about a half of high-risk patients has some degree of renal impairment, but reduced kidney function and microalbuminuria/proteinuria are common also within the general population, both in low-income countries and in the USA.
Steeping cachaca for 24 hours with a pound and a half of pitted sour cherries rounds out some of its rough edges.
In a page and a half of direct quotes, the brief highlights some straightforward but until-now undocumented views of the authors who wrote the chapters and books used by GSU faculty in their classes.
They estimate that one third of the world's total wealth resides in these havens, and that a half of it travels through them at some point.
Up to a half of all suicide attempters, according to some estimates, may have made more than one suicide attempt in their lifetime [ 42, 43].
Approximately one-third to a half of children who were hypertensive at some time during childhood and adolescence where hypertensive at age 18 years.
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