Sentence examples for exactly a half from inspiring English sources

Well, what was going on in Bach's day is that they didn't have a keyboard that — [plays piano] they didn't have a tuning system in which all of the pitches were exactly a half step apart.

After the impulse has been sent, a synchronizing signal is transmitted back to the slave clock that ensures that the impulse to the free pendulum will be released exactly a half minute later than the previous impulse.

It is very slightly thicker at exactly a half inch versus.37 inches for the RT.

Lorca Massine is in Boston this week, preparing Boston Ballet dancers to present his father's great -- and fun -- work, Gaîté Parisienne, which Léonide choreographed in Monte Carlo in 1938 and Lorca reimagined exactly a half century later in London.

As "the days dwindle down to a precious few" ("September Song"), exactly a half century later, I am inclined toward more conventional, middle brow taste in art as well as people with whom I spend time.

Breakfast was exactly a half hour long, followed by exactly 45 minutes of piano practice, one hour of "playground games," half an hour of reading out loud, another half hour of reading quietly, a half hour of board games, a half hour lunch, an hour of Lego time, and on and on.

The thing is, a little research revealed that no one is exactly sure who made the first half-smoke, or what, exactly, a half-smoke should be.

Depending on the size of your glass, that's almost exactly a half-pint of whatever you're drinking.

It's exactly 21km – a half marathon – from bottom to top.

Mr. Lagerfeld hasn't exactly spent a half-century looking out a single window.

"I didn't fit fashion's standard by exactly two-and-a-half inches," she said.