Sentence examples for national half from inspiring English sources

On the other hand it will actually benefit families if there are fewer 'peak' times in the year and airlines, holiday companies and so on have to stop charging exorbitant prices for the late May bank holiday week, for instance, which until now has been a national half term week.

She came in second in the national half-marathon championship in January.

Ryan Hall ran the longest race of his career Sunday in the national half-marathon championship in Houston, setting an American record of 59 minutes 43 seconds.

That, said Steve Edwards, the husband and coach of Shalane Flanagan, who competed against Burla last year in the national half-marathon and in the New York City Marathon, is an understatement.

"But in the meantime he's not getting to test himself against his American rivals," said Rainsberger, who noted that Chirlee did not run in the national half-marathon championships Jan . 29 an event contested on the course where the Olympic trials will be held.

He also broke the national half-marathon record for the men's 80-84 category.

Besides, Valentine's Day always precedes one of my absolute favorite holidays, February 15th, "National Half-Off Every Piece of Red-Foil-Wrapped Sugary Crap in CVS Day," the day I really get out there and do my bit for America's economy.

Two-thirds are French nationals, half of them second- or third-generation immigrants, and nearly a quarter are converts.

So what will ultimately decide who will take home half the national title?

He had the look of every politician from a nothing town who's just had the chance to introduce a national figure, half self-satisfied, half grim with the knowledge he'll never be the headliner.

In the case of the national forests, half a million of us signed up.