Sentence examples for half set of from inspiring English sources

Five large, leatherbound diary books — the editor Douglas Brinkley likens them to a half set of an encyclopedia — had to be boiled down by about two-thirds to yield this one volume.

However, strain K76A appeared to have lost an amount of DNA that was nearly equivalent to one set of chromosomes, whereas strain K76AL acquired additional DNA that was almost equivalent to a half set of chromosomes.

The half set of chromosomes from an egg and the half set from a sperm combine during fertilization, which gives each offspring a copy of one gene from each gene pair of its female parent and a copy of one gene from each gene pair of its male parent.

Then Mr. McGraw, bronzed tan and dressed all in white with a black hat, took the stage for a an hour-and-a-half set of his songs, leaving the crowd charged up for Mr. Chesney, who played for another two hours.

The guys were also in high spirits and ripped through an hour-and-a-half set of new and old favorites, the better part of it shirtless.

Cloning bypasses this by putting the genetic material from a pre-existing adult cell (which already carries a full complement of chromosomes) into an egg that has had its half-set of chromosomes removed.

Cloning achieves the same end by transferring the genetic material from an existing adult cell (which already carries a full complement of chromosomes) into an egg that has had its half-set of chromosomes removed.

He borrowed a Peter Alliss instruction book from the library, saved up enough money to buy a half-set of clubs from a mail-order company and, when they arrived, he headed down to the local beach to practise.

Rather, they have serious doubts about the means, which will involve stillbirths and sudden deaths for as long as cloning remains a mysterious process.Conventional fertilisation, in which sperm meets egg, is a complex event that brings together two half-sets of genetic material one from each parent to provide the resulting individual with a full complement of chromosomes.

The second half we were under pressure, but the first half set the tone of the game.

The first half, set in an Orwellian atmosphere of double-think, was much superior.