Sentence examples for half the worth from inspiring English sources

She returned to Iran in the late 1970's, just as the revolution was cresting, and by the time her daughter was born several years later, "the laws had regressed to what they had been before my grandmother's time": the age of marriage was lowered to 9, adultery and prostitution were to be punished by stoning to death, and "women, under law, were considered to have half the worth of men".

But Iranian women have only half the worth of men in legal spheres.

Barclays, for instance, has a market value that is less than half the worth of its assets.

The reason housing is crucial to economic recovery is that half the net worth of families is tied up in real estate.

Collectively, they are worth $11.6 billion, close to half the combined worth of the entire 40.

During October, £228m was borrowed through personal loans and overdrafts – more than double the £109m figure for September, but less than half the £494m worth of debt taken on in March.

Housing stock is more than half the net worth of many individuals.

Even among homeowners, African-Americans and Latinos have less than half the net worth of whites.

About half the sets were worth repairing.

Even in those days, Meadmore was a salesman, and he put his skills to work hustling for the Church, bringing in 68 new devotees by selling personal improvement as a gateway into Scientology for what was then the equivalent of a month and a half's worth the average pay.

"A buck and a half is worth the trip to town," Stall said, referring to the $150,000 second-place check.