Sentence examples for all but half from inspiring English sources

By the morning after, all but half a dozen of the original 80 had been liberated by the community.

In the last five minutes before the gates closed, all but half a dozen strikers went back into the factory, stricken looks on their faces.

With our satellite connection that gives us all but half a dozen of the channels we used to have with Time Warner.

He added: "The hacking scandal was not a great national thing until the Milly Dowler disclosure, half of which - look, I'm not making any excuses for it at all, but half of which has been somewhat disowned by the police".

Officially the state guarantees free care for all, but half the patients offer gifts and money to doctors and the other half often have to forgo necessary treatment.Boosting the country's health-care spending was one of the "national projects" Mr Medvedev was in charge of before becoming president.

Then about 1,100 years ago several dacitic domes, the Chaos Crags, protruded through these cones and obliterated all but half of the southernmost cone.

People are particularly concerned about violent crime, for example—but half of all crimes that the police categorise as violent do not end in injury.

4. Stir in all but one-half cup of the grated cheese, a little at a time, until all the cheese is melted and incorporated.

In some ways, because Liberty's operations were focused so heavily in the all-but-deserted eastern half of the city, Mr. McDonald must confront a more difficult set of choices than most of his corporate peers.

Wearing rose tinted round frames of yesteryear, we like to remember the 70s as a period of decadence and indulgence with all the appeal, but half of the struggles, of the 1960s and without any of the consequences of the 80s.

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