Sentence examples for half in the first from inspiring English sources
Foreign investment fell by half in the first five months of the year.
Japan has pledged $500 million to the reconstruction effort, half in the first year.
Inbound bulk e-mail fell by more than half in the first few months of the fee.
Japan has been hit hard by plunging exports — down by nearly half in the first two months of the year.
"Cutting the deficit in half in the first five years is the right order of magnitude," Mr. Conrad said.
The novel is told half in the first person, half in the third, and in some sense very little occurs.
The Belgian delayed too long before shooting in the first half; in the second, he slipped the ball past the otherwise excellent Given before Shawcross's rescue act.
In May, Tribune bought back half its outstanding shares, with plans to buy the other half in the fourth quarter.
"We conceded in injury time in the first half, in the second-half they got the early goal and from there we completely dominated.
Nearly all of the actors portray the reverse personality of their original characters from the first half in the second, and they do so with extraordinary care.
Tampa Bay cut the lead in half in the fourth inning; Carlos Peña doubled and was batted in on Evan Longoria's single, both players' first hits of the Series.
