Sentence examples similar to a half tenure from inspiring English sources

Lawyers for Mr. Strauss-Kahn on Friday praised the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., for "doing what is appropriate"; Kenneth P. Thompson, a lawyer for the housekeeper, accused Mr. Vance of being "too afraid" to try the case; and Mr. Vance defended how his office had handled the case, which is by far the highest-profile of his year-and-a-half tenure.

And what do we learn from his sorry two-and-a-half year tenure?

But many residents criticized his four-and-a-half-year tenure.

By the end of his six-and-a-half-year tenure there, he was a sports columnist.

The Knicks fired Thomas as president and coach in the spring of 2008 after a disastrous four-and-a-half-year tenure.

Then the fans turned their venom on Manuel, who has a 204-213 record in his two-and-a-half-year tenure with the team.

His one-and-a-half-year tenure was marked by rising bloodshed and criticism of his handling of the fraud-plagued presidential elections in August.

Mr. Kindler made one sensible big deal and some mistakes, but shareholders lost about 20 percent of their investment during his four-and-a-half-year tenure.

For the first time in his two-and-a-half-year tenure, Bradley is under scrutiny after his team's listless performance.

But some locals said Miliband, who held ministerial roles for most of his 12-and-a-half-year tenure, had more time for Westminster than South Shields.

However, General Serrano is stepping down as many of the spectacular gains made against drug trafficking early in his five-and-a-half-year tenure have been erased.