Sentence examples for half the schedule from inspiring English sources

On Thursday, the league canceled games through Jan . 14 wiping out more than half the schedule.

The Blackhawks set an N.H.L. record by earning a point in their first 24 games of the 48-game season, half the schedule.

Turning the corner in the season means that you have played half the schedule and that you should have more answers than questions about what your team is and where it is going.

Sampras squeezed his match in before nightfall on a day when about half the schedule was completed, including easy first-round victories by the top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt and the defending champion, Gustavo Kuerten, on the men's side and second-seeded Venus Williams on the women's.

"I would say at least half the schedule this year — and for many years in the past — none of us on the committee have seen.

They are a season-high 11 games below.500, going nowhere, with more than half of the schedule still to play.

The first half of the schedule — when Manning will probably still be shaking off the rust and working on timing with his receivers — includes six games against teams that made the playoffs last season.

But after sliding through the first half of the schedule relatively unscathed — the 22 starters in the ninth game were the same as those in the first — the Giants have been overly active in the training room.

Since joining the Red Bulls in 2010, Marquez has appeared in only 44 regular-season games, a mere 15 (less than half of the schedule) last season as he dealt with injuries and assorted suspensions.

New York State rules dictate that if a fight has gone half the scheduled length, in this case 10 rounds, and if it is ruled that an accidental head-butt caused the fight to be stopped, a decision is awarded based on the judges' cards.

The march took less than half the scheduled time due to excitement, but also due to wariness about walking through the city with gay banners and signs.