Sentence examples for past half of from inspiring English sources

In 2001, they crept past half of the industry's sales and last year grew to 52percentt.

Your uncle hasn't really checked up on you and who you have become since you were 13, and so for the past half of your life he's just had you down as a big fan of Limp Bizkit, Xanga and moping, and buys for you accordingly.

Over the past half of a century, numerous studies have investigated the effects of neonatal experience on psychological and physiological function in later life [44] [47].

With regard to patient perceptions, most patients (63.64%) had already been subjected to coercive measures in the past (half of them more than once).

Despite comprehensive studies for suitable vaccines and treatments against viral infections over the past half of a century, still several infections, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and dengue virus (DENV), afflict a substantial proportion of the world populations in all generations [ 1– 3].

We're barely past half [of the season].

Dr. Niskanen said his analysis of the past half century of federal spending found that it was most restrained during periods of divided government in the 1950's and 1990's.

Perhaps the most compelling explanation for Europe's past half century of peace is the prospect of the alternative.

Industries that are close to the state involve corruption on a grand scale, with bribes paid to politicians and officials over the past half decade of anywhere between $4 billion and $12 billion.

The past half century of space exploration has turned that understanding inside out, according to Larry Soderblom, a geophysicist who has been with the Cassini mission since its onset, in 1990.

In X-Men: Days of Future Past, half an hour of action takes place in Hong Kong, with Chinese star Li Bingbing and a Chinese boyband added to the superhero mix.