Sentence examples for encompass half from inspiring English sources
In less than a month, negotiations begin for a trade pact between the United States and the European Union that would encompass half the world's economic output and a third of all trade, and be the most ambitious trade accord since the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995.
Seven nuclear weapons-free zones currently encompass half the world's landmass.
But they may not be familiar with all the unsung heroes working tirelessly to defend our ocean treasures, or the successes that are being won every day, like the expansion this week of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument to encompass half a million square miles, making it the largest protected area on Earth.
The new enemy, men, was even more useful, since it encompassed half the human race.
Under discussion for three years, TTIP would create a US-EU free trade zone encompassing half of the world economy.
If it is successful it could be the biggest trade and investment deal in history, encompassing half the world's GDP and a third of its trade.
IT IS a poor, subsistence economy encompassing half an island, but it has thousands of expensive four-wheel-drive vehicles and only a few hundred local fishing boats.
The prime candidate is the original 1907 Patchogue library, which has columns and arched windows and neo-Classical design, and a more modern addition next to it, which could be rebuilt as a residential tower, encompassing half a block of vacant buildings in the heart of downtown.
Wyoming's landscape protection (i.e., "core area") strategy for sage-grouse encompasses half the high to moderate abundance sagebrush sparrow and sage thrasher populations.
The caliphate encompasses half of Syria's land mass, though admittedly the thinly-populated eastern desert half and the impressive black sweep on maps mostly translates to miles of empty sand and occasional mud-brick villages in reality.
At present, the whole of Sweden as well as areas encompassing half of the Norwegian population participate.
