Sentence examples for half instead of from inspiring English sources

Always with half and half instead of cream and what people used to refer to as "a couple of sugars".

Mr. Rivera prefers the hybrids because they need to be refueled only once every week and a half instead of twice a week.

By throwing to Dustin Keller in the waning seconds of the first half instead of taking a timeout, Sanchez cost Folk a chance to attempt a field goal from closer than 61 yards.

Unbelieving, I pulled around to Irving Place again and saw that two drivers had positioned their cars to take a length and a half instead of the regular length of a parking space.

Mr. Poon, who owns 50.1percentt of Harvey Nichols's shares, made a so-called general offer at the same price, which means he has to persuade half, instead of 75percentt, of the minority investors to accept his bid.

Tomas Berdych vs. Daniel Brands Berdych, the No. 7 seed, would almost certainly prefer to be in the chaotic bottom half instead of the top-seeded Novak Djokovic's quarter, but he will have several more tough tests before even reaching that projected match.

"He always added more butter," his mother recalled, "and he used half-and-half instead of milk".

Gareth Davies, who made an impact on last summer's tour to South Africa, covers Webb at scrum-half instead of Mike Phillips and will add pep in the final quarter.

The Ulster coach defended his decision to start youngster Paddy Jackson at fly-half instead of the more experienced Ian Humphreys.

Parallels can be drawn with last May's Heineken Cup final, when Jackson was named at fly-half instead of the more experienced Ian Humphreys.

With Sexton injured, Kidney picked Ulster's Jackson at fly-half instead of the vastly experienced Ronan O'Gara and the 21-year-old's first touch was a nervy knock-on.