Sentence examples for half the areas from inspiring English sources

Half the areas visited were struggling to teach the functional skills, seen as the government's key policy to improve older pupils' competencies in reading, writing and maths.

In addition, half the areas in the country with the greatest need for extra primary school places had not had a single application for a new school.

In half the areas it covers, people were more likely to get a job if they didn't take part than if they did.

The demolition of 7 hectares of homes will also approximately half the area of the camp.

Over the next century and a half, the area became known for agricultural products like flax, wool, cattle and applejack.

All through the past century & a half the area's population had declined, though it has grown as a financial center.

The isolated edge region is half the area of the ozone hole.

Earlier, Higgs (1981) provided a theoretical analysis comparing a single large reserve to two smaller ones, each of which had half the area of the first.

In 2003, it was reported that of the 54 farms on the moss, occupying 3000 acre, almost half the area of the bog, only three were growing vegetables.

Half the area of the existing EEZ is shallower than 2,000 m (Table 2).

Similarly, in close to half of the areas with above-average income, poverty was higher than the national rate.