Sentence examples for instead of the half from inspiring English sources

Instead of the half dozen I counted way back when, I saw a total of one romper and one full-length jumpsuit.

We used the zero value (lower-bound estimate) instead of the half LOD in calculating dietary intake so as not to overestimate dietary intake.

To improve this design, add a full wave bridge rectifier instead of the half wave rectifier in the current design.

Instead of the half-dozen entries I anticipated, the phalanx of 30-odd multi-coloured bottles posed problems for both stamina and sobriety.

As an example, she says president Dilma Rousseff is now trying to introduce all-day schools, instead of the half-day that is the norm.

It's a platform". As an example, she says president Dilma Rousseff is now trying to introduce all-day schools, instead of the half-day that is the norm.

The objective of this study is the development and application of a microcone configured with a full-bridge circuit instead of the half-bridge circuit for the measurement of the cone tip resistance and sleeve friction.

The physical book would also be more suited to short audio clips instead of the half-hour long interviews most people posted, so it would require more time to edit these as well.

But she balked at the canned mushrooms — "they were completely slimy," she said with disgust — and used a soy-based margarine instead of the half-stick of butter that the recipe called for.

This was aimed at showing Assad that Russia will get tougher unless he offers honest dialogue with the opposition instead of the half-hearted measures he has proposed up to now.

Instead of the half-measures he appears to be considering, like charging the energy industry an extra £100m a year, which is better than nothing but nowhere near the amount a windfall tax would garner, and instead of struggling to find excuses as to why and how it can't be done, he should be looking at the books and finding a way to make it work.