Sentence examples for bears half of from inspiring English sources

Her decor is a cheerful mix of grown-up taste and family life: one table holds a vast white orchid and tomes of fashion photography; another bears half of a Frozen-themed cake, leftover from Harper's party.

Under existing rules the Department of Communities and Local Government would bear half of the costs and the rest would be spread between local authorities.

The mode estimate is full shifting 1.0 elasticity), while in Anglo-Saxon, Continental and Mediterranean economies workers seem to bear half of the tax burden 0.5 .9 Are these differences statistically significant?

For example, when London demanded Hong Kong bear half of the expenses of the British military stationed in Hong Kong, the colony could never say no.

This cyclamen, half the size of C. hederifolium, bears half-inch flowers that delicately poise atop one-and-a-half-inch stems.

Pensioners have been protected but families with children (32% of working-age families) bear half the cost of tax and benefit changes and almost two-thirds of spending cuts.

It finds pensioners have been protected, but families with children (32% of working-age families) have borne half the cost of tax and benefit changes and almost two-thirds of spending cuts.

The muscles and tendons of a dog are similar to those of a human; however, a dog's upper body muscles bear half the weight of the entire body and are better developed than a human's.

Women bear about half of the HIV infections worldwide.

There is bipartisan support for sparing the military, which bore one-half of the cuts under sequestration.

Brown bears spend about half of the year in a den and survives extreme winter conditions without eating.