Sentence examples for about half the fish from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "about half the fish" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing quantities or proportions, particularly in contexts related to fishing, cooking, or food consumption.
Example: "After the storm, we found that about half the fish we had caught were missing."
Alternatives: "approximately fifty percent of the fish" or "roughly half of the fish".

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Piagaçu-Purus supplies about half the fish consumed in Manaus, a city of 1.5m people that is the capital of Amazonas.

About half the fish species are known to form fish schools at some stage in their lives.

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In the earliest levels of Jerimalai, dated to 42,000 years ago, about half of the fish are fast-swimming species, such as tuna and sharks, that live in deep waters.

Under these experimental conditions, about half of the fish were moribund at 24 h post-infection and all of them died within 48 h post-infection.

In the present study, we were able to perform analyses of US-related complex-spike firings of PCs, which reflect climbing fibre inputs, in only about half of the fish due to technical limitations.

Dust half the fish with flour, shaking off the excess.

About half of the fishes' upper jaws are composed of an oil-producing gland, according to a study published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

About half the youths are unemployed.

This would cripple the industry in ports such as Peterhead and Fraserburgh, where about half the British white fish fleet is based.

Though AquaBounty hopes that the costs of this circuitous route to market could be offset by the savings incurred from the fish's rapid growth (the company claims that AquAdvantage reaches maturity in about half the time as unmodified fish), the company is hoping to eventually gain permission to farm the fish here at home.

A trout catches half the fish it strikes at.

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