Sentence examples for half of violence from inspiring English sources

The senior administration official defended the pace of its efforts, insisting that more than a year and a half of violence since the last round of peace talks collapsed had left the region in a profoundly different condition, even if the ultimate solution to the conflict still lies in something quite close to the proposals that were under negotiation before the latest round of the conflict began.

Recently in Kandhamal in Orissa, Christians were the target of two and a half months of violence which left more than 40 dead.

In 2009, the Sundance Channel aired Brick City, a five-part television documentary about Newark, focusing on the community's attempt to become a better and safer place to live, against a history of nearly a half century of violence, poverty and official corruption.

Who could have foreseen the century and a half of unimaginable violence and tumult that lay ahead?

Half of the violence in Afghanistan takes place in only 9 of its nearly 400 districts, with Sangin ranking among the very worst.

International research suggests that as much as half of domestic violence is committed against men, but in the UK, fewer that 7% of convicted perpetrators are female.

When it is discussed, abuse is usually described as a problem left over in remote rural areas, but Li's case has prompted Chinese counselors to report that "nearly half of domestic violence abusers are people who have higher education, senior jobs and social status".

Almost one-third of female homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner, and less than half of domestic violence incidents are reported to police.

The ad features an enraged woman screaming at a cowering man while telling us in mismatched font: "HALF of domestic violence victims are men.

Last year Stewart ran for governor as a proud and vociferous defender of the Confederacy (despite being from Minnesota); during the campaign he refused to condemn the racists at the "Unite the Right" in Charlottesville and claimed that "half of that violence was committed by left-wingers".

Nearly half of physical violence acts in this study occurred in front of women's children.