Sentence examples for increased by half from inspiring English sources

Those lawmakers' dedicated staffs have increased by half since 1995.

On the minus side, the city's debt increased by half on his watch.

In women, the death rate increased by half in both countries.

During the same time the wealth of the richest 62 has increased by half a trillion.

Two years ago, its subscriber base, currently at 1,400, increased by half.

The cost of insuring the bank against default increased by half.

Instead, under the deal reached Tuesday, payments to doctors will be increased by one-half of 1percentt from January through June 2008.

Now, for each percentage point of growth, jobs only increase by half as much.

In western states in the late 2040s, the number of these smoke waves will increase by half, the epidemiologists calculated.

Even if incomes have jumped by 10% by the time rates reach 3%, the study shows, the proportion of vulnerable borrowers would still increase by half, to 12%.

McDonald's has pressed the egg industry, for instance, to increase by half the amount of space it allocates to egg-laying hens in factory hen houses.