Sentence examples for purchase half from inspiring English sources

According to reports in the Russian press, China is eager to purchase half of Uzbekistan's entire cotton harvest.

Of the 12 percent of members who made a first purchase, half returned within two weeks to make a second; one-third made a third purchase within 30 days.

Analysts at UBS, a Swiss bank, have calculated that it takes a German earning the national median wage just under seven minutes of work to purchase half a litre of beer at a retail outlet.

Julius Rosenwald was not th man who discovered Sears Roebuck, but his brother-in-law, Aaro m Nusbaum who bought a half-interest in the business & later induced his brother-in law Rosenwald to purchase half of his interest, which the latter did by forming a syndicate with his brother and cousin.

But John Slover, Ciano's antic director of wines, has instituted the same half-bottle policy he uses at the significantly smaller Bar Henry on Houston Street, in which customers may purchase half of any bottle on his list for half its price.

Finally, in late November 2008, the Federal Reserve announced it would purchase half a trillion dollars of mortgage-backed securities by June 2009.

Ponder, for a second, the fact that I cannot walk into a C.V.S. today and purchase half-a-dozen packages of Sudafed, but I can walk into a gun dealership and purchase a.50 caliber rifle of the sort that U.S. snipers use in Afghanistan.

HOCKEY National Hockey League VANCOUVER CANUCKS -- Announced Francesco Aquilini purchased half the team from John McCaw for an undisclosed amount.

Meanwhile, Bryant Stith, a former N.B.A. player, has purchased half of the race team owned by driver Hermie Sadler.

Kidd is purchasing half of Jay Z's share, which itself is quite small — just a fraction of a percent, according to estimates.

The traded sector, however, will give a fillip to GDP growth thanks to the economic recovery in the euro area, which purchases half of Britain's exports.