The phrase 'half rank' is not a commonly used phrase in standard written English.
It might be used in a specific context like a military setting, where someone might use it to refer to a lower rank in the hierarchy. For example: "He was promoted to half rank in the army."
Half rank lower -- many far lower -- than Desert Trails.
Confirming that the screen was performed appropriately, cVg1 (incorrectly annotated as GDF3 instead of GDF1 in the current version of the chicken genome, Galgal4) itself appears among the top genes: it is upregulated 4.3 fold, with a p value of 0.00006 (rank 11) in whole embryos, and 1.71, p = 0.0062 in the isolated anterior half (rank 21).
Now that he is healthy, his first half ranks among the best in the National League.
In fact, the team that ranked first nationally in rebounding margin has gone to the Final Four in 4 of the last 10 years, and of the 40 teams during that period, half ranked in the top 20, putting the median rank at 22.5.
For the five years ending September 2011, only 9.72 percent of large-cap funds, 6.08 percent of mid-cap funds and 3.27 percent of small-cap funds maintained a top-half ranking over five consecutive 12-month periods.
Nearly half (44%) rank meaningful work that benefits the world as a greater priority than a high salary, and 36% say that they would work harder if their employer benefitted society.
While Mongolia remains highest among the selected CAPS countries in terms of corruption control, by 2010 its ranking had fallen to almost half its ranking in 1996.
"When you see greater than half of rank-and-file plastic surgeons saying they are being hit, it is based on the economy and the incursion of other physicians into elective cosmetic procedures," said Dr. Alan Gold, the president of the aesthetic surgery society.
While five families still occupy just more than half the ranks, there are notable newcomers with no ties to the family-run chaebols.
Kevin Davis of New Release Tuesday rated Thrive four and a half stars, ranking the album's songs as among the best he had heard from group and saying that it is "sure to be one of the year's best [albums]".
Leicester hauled their European campaign back on track last night thanks to a first-half display ranked among their most commanding in a decade of Heineken Cup away-days.
