Sentence examples for half the portion from inspiring English sources

That still leaves the other half: the portion that derives from value stocks' tendency to beat the market.

Today, fewer than one in 14 private sector workers belongs to a union, half the portion of 15 years ago.

For the energy calculation for the bottom half, the portion with sudden rise in the F-H graph is not taken.

Generally, female heirs receive half the portion of male heirs.

It had an appealing touch of heat, and I would have been satisfied with half the portion, but that didn't stop me from eating the whole thing.

"Republicans seeking to unseat the U.S. Senate incumbent in North Carolina have cut in half the portion of their top issue ads citing Obamacare, a sign that the party's favorite attack against Democrats is losing its punch.

In the House it was, in effect, split in half, with the portion covering narcotic drugs referred to the Ways and Means Com mittee and the half covering de pressant and stimulant drugs referred to the Subcommittee on Public Health and Welfare of the House Interstate and For eign Commerce Committee.

In particular, one might say that 'o's top half' refers not to any part of o, but to: (i) a certain region, namely, the top half of o's exact location, or (ii) a certain portion of stuff, namely the top half of the portion of stuff that constitutes of o. (See Markosian (1998 and 2004a) for discussion).

The new rules specify that 40 to 60 percent of a bonus must be deferred and that no more than half of the portion paid immediately can be in cash.

Eat half of the portion served to you and then bring the rest home to eat another time.

The film splits almost in half, the first portion played almost entirely for comedy and the second portion as tragedy.