Sentence examples for half is still from inspiring English sources

He may be half the basketball player he once was, but half is still better than most others whole.

If you say – and it is a crude tally – that the coalition managed to do half the job of bringing the public finances on to a sustainable basis, the other half is still to be done.

Though he has moved the government from the hardliners' stronghold of Pale to Banja Luka, the Serb Republic's eastern half is still controlled by Mr Karadzic and has its own police force.

As for the staircase, he said, "Half of it went to a man on Willow Street to be used in his garden, and the other half is still in my basement, awaiting inspiration".

The proportion of adults reading some kind of so-called literary work — just over half — is still not as high as it was in 1982 or 1992, and the proportion of adults reading poetry and drama continued to decline.

The roller-rink half of the old building is now occupied by the Queens Museum; the ice-rink half is still an ice rink, although it is doomed to be annexed by the museum, which is planning a renovation of its own.

About half are still owned and operated by the nobles.

More than half were still empty at the end of the day Thursday.

Nearly half are still in exile, and no one knows how many will eventually return.

When half the cattle lie stiff in the yard and half are still waiting.

"They were exposed in 1945 and nearly half are still alive," Dr. Moeller said.