Sentence examples for gained half from inspiring English sources

Might Mr. Obama have gained half a point, or a point, based on whatever residual factors that voters are thinking about?

32 If you could wake up tomorrow having gained half a stone or half a memory of having slept with your best friend's partner, what would you choose?

Mr. Barber, who also gained half credit, together with Lieutenant Holmes, for downing Ugaki's plane, eventually sought to gain sole credit for the shooting down of Yamamoto.

The Jacobs team lost half a point, the Welland team gained half a point, and Welland and his men had the title.

The remarkable fact about this period is that the Yankees, despite compiling a losing record, have gained half a game in the standing.

There is little evidence that the race has changed all that much since the final debate; the FiveThirtyEight model finds that Mr. Obama has perhaps gained half a percentage point nationally since then, but probably not much more than that.

Looming over all these issues, Gazprom is reportedly seeking to buy out TNK-BP's Russian owners, thereby gaining half of the company.

Japan is heading for only an extra tenth of a point, but could gain half a point a year if policies change.

Dr. Schneider said that young people gain half of their adult weight in their teenage years, up to 10 to 15 pounds a year.

With the metal ruler chilling the insides of my feet, my stubby toes climbed the tacky surface, hoping to surreptitiously gain half a size.

Earlier this week HTC lost a patent case against Apple in the United States, where it gains half its revenues and is the largest Android smartphone seller.