The phrase "a half of steady" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is unclear what is intended by this phrase, as "steady" is typically an adjective and does not logically pair with "a half of."
Example: "I need a half of steady support to complete this project."
Alternatives: "a portion of stability" or "a part of consistency."
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] merry month of MaySIR – I take issue with your statement that the forthcoming British election matters because "Britain, after a decade and a half of strong, steady growth, has been knocked off track by savage recession and turmoil in the financial world" ("Britain's choice", April 10th).
In return, they said they were promised two and a half years of steady work in the United States, making $15 an hour.
Defying traditional patterns, this recovery has yet to generate sustained improvement in employment, after two and a half years of steady losses -- 2.8 million jobs, as the Democrats point out at every opportunity, the worst record since Herbert Hoover.
Despite the steady growth of the economy, more than a half of the country's population live below the poverty line [ 4].
Fueled by the Autopista del Sol superhighway, which has cut the drive from Mexico City to about three and a half hours, a steady stream of affluent weekenders is now flocking to the latest pleasure palaces of this rediscovered beach resort.
Maybe he did, but after three and a half days of mostly steady, mistake-free golf, he bogeyed four holes in roughly an hour.
Consequently, we estimate that the critical number of nucleosomes that must be inherited, which is half of the steady state level and is replenished during G1 phase, lies between 22 and 40.
New weatherproof fabrics ensure cushions "are dry within a half-hour of a steady rainfall".
Since the hSOD1 transgenensgene yielded approximately half of the steady-state mRNA level compared with the hwtSOD1 transgene, transgenic mice overexpressing hSOD1T116X may develop ALS phenotype if truncated protein hSOD1T116X still has ALS-associated toxicity, and if its expression is high enough.
Almost half of the surveyed ophthalmology units routinely provided PDT, as part of a trend of steady growth in provision.
