Sentence examples for half the public from inspiring English sources

A recent Observer poll found just over half the public are opposed to further benefit cuts.

About half the public views Saudi Arabia as a friend of the United States but not an ally.

In that poll, issued on Wednesday, half the public (47%) believe the 11 years of her government were good for the country while 42% say they were bad.

To close: Half the public schools in Detroit, under an emergency plan to wipe out the school system's deficit of three hundred and twenty-seven million dollars.

According to a 1998 national poll by Michigan State University, half the public favors banning liquor commercials on television, the center said.

According to the June 2007 Democracy Index of the Israel Democracy Institute, for example, only half the public believes that Jews and Arabs must have full equal rights.

Ultimately, only just over half the public expect that in 10 years' time the NHS will continue to offer a universal service to a high standard.

Half the public believes that Mr. Gore has been tainted by his association with Mr. Clinton, according to an ABC News/ Washington Post poll released this week.

Almost half the public, and a quarter of those over age 55, thought Medicare already provided drug benefits for outpatients before legislation providing such coverage was enacted.

One trader told a contact here in Seoul that "half the public in North Korea believes Chang Song-thaek was a scapegoat - purged to take the blame for the country's economic failures".

They held approximately half the public debt, $4.4 trillion.