Sentence examples for retain half from inspiring English sources

As BP owns 50 percent of the Russian venture, this approach would allow BP to retain half the value of the initial deal.

Recent mutagenesis studies14 showed that the I12.54A and L12.64A (Supplementary Fig. 6c) mutants of VrPPase are decoupled: they do not pump but retain half of the hydrolysis activity of wild-type.

Illogical though it may seem, such is the power of brand loyalty and inertia among doctors and patients that these branded generics often help the firm losing the patent retain half or more of the market, in value terms, even after generic competition is legally permitted (see chart).Several pharmaceutical companies have gone further and bought generic-making rivals.

In the latest reshuffle, women retain half the posts in the 20-member cabinet.

Cabinet members also recommended to retain half the £93,580 grant to the Citizens Advice Bureau in the next financial before shelving it the year after.

From April 2013, local authorities will retain half the amount of business rates raised within their boundaries, rather than transfer them to the Treasury.

We find that the majority of households receive positive net benefits from the policy even with the government retaining half of the auction revenue.

A "non-growing bacteria Arthrobacter sp. on CFC/ceramics" biocatalyst for glucose isomerization retained half its activity after 12 h use at 70 °C.

They retained half of their gold medal pairing from London 2012 in Qin Kai and with his new partner Cao Yuan, have been formidable on the world circuit.

But under the terms of the Dayton peace deal they retained half of the country while the Muslims and Croats were squeezed into the rest.

Yet the New York production – which retains half its original British cast and has been revised for clarity of cultural references – turns out to be rousingly accessible on these shores".