Sentence examples for improved by half from inspiring English sources

The EPA's enforcement was in large part responsible for a decline of one-third to one-half in most air-pollution emissions in the United States from 1970 to 1990, and during the 1980s the pollution standards index improved by half in major cities; significant improvements in water quality and waste disposal also occurred.

The first report investigated the use of birdsong as a therapy for mental health problems, including the claim that a soundtrack of tweeting in a petrol-station lavatory had resulted in "customer satisfaction rising by 50%" – though it was not explained how restroom use can be improved by half.

Muscle strength improved by one-half grade.

When you tell people about your technology, tell them 58.7% improvement in contact rates by calling with local call ID, NOT you will improve by half.

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was second, improving by half a second at the very end of the session to move to just 0.373secs behind the Mercedes.

And yet overall fuel economy improved by just half a mile per gallon on vehicles sold in the last 12 months.

Students in traditional courses improved by only half as much, reported Richard Hake of Indiana University, Bloomington, in the American Journal of Physics.

His previous best was 20.97 meters (68 feet, 9.59 inches), so he improved by more than half a meter.

For example, 36.2 % of these improved by at least one-half of a standard deviation, of which 20.6 % improved by more than one standard deviation.

The index's unemployment score improved by only a half-point, however, to 59.8 from 59.4, and continued to drag down the index.

With Thatcher's housing policies increasingly recognised as an unmitigated disaster, it takes a special sort of idiot to think – in the middle of a housing crisis that is driving millions into poverty – that the situation will be improved by allowing a half-arsed impersonation.