Sentence examples for increases by half from inspiring English sources

These symbols are as follows; each has half the duration of its neighbour to the left: A system of "rests" measures silence in the same way: A dot placed to the right of a note head increases by half the duration of that note.

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

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.

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

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

The price of iron ore, a key ingredient for steel, has increased by half in the past year.

Kentucky's population had, like Ohio's, increased by half to some 919,000 residents and had spread noticeably westward.

St. Francois Xavier, a secondary school, has seen its student body increase by half with 150 displaced teenagers.

The incarceration rate in Britain has more than doubled, and that in Japan increased by half, over the period.