Sentence examples for secured half of from inspiring English sources

The energy secretary, Amber Rudd, who is backing May, said her candidate had secured half of all MPs.

Britain's best-known publicist Max Clifford secured half of his stated aim at 7.40am today when he was arrested by police investigating claims of historical sex abuse.

The FA's approval having been secured, half of the £400,000 Watford receive as victors will go to their beaten opponents.

By 20 00 it had secured half of the old battle position on the higher ridge beyond, 1 mi west of Haman.

Libby Clegg secured half of the gold haul with her two medals on the track, Jo Butterfield won gold in the F51 club throw, and Karen Darke took gold in the cycling H1-3 trialtrial.

It is no exaggeration to say that European countries secured half of the global market for jetliners by systematically subverting trade treaties for five straight decades.

To fully control malaria we need about $5.1bn, yet today we hardly manage to secure half of this.

The event in Spain is the first chance for nations to secure half of the country berths for the 2016 Games.

There are still acres of material to be borrowed from summer camp, where it's generally a whole lot easier to win a three-legged race or get to second base, than it is to secure half an hour of air-conditioned repose, or make it to the bonfire and back without a bug bite.

But only 22% of respondents said they felt their data-recovery service was "secure". Half of the respondents said their IT security staff is involved in choosing a data recovery firm.

"What I've managed to do is secure half of my retirement," Mr. Dean said.