How To Use Halve In A Sentence

Crack a handful of whole new season's walnuts, remove the kernels from the shells and halve and quarter them.
For the burgers• 1½ pounds fresh tuna steaks, cut into 1/2-inch dice• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard• 1 tablespoon chipotle pepper in adobo purée• 1 tablespoon honey• 3 tablespoons canola oil• 2 green onions, green and pale-green part, thinly sliced• Salt and freshly ground pepper• 4 kaiser rolls• 2 ounces watercress• 1 red onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced. Bobby Flay’s tips for great burgers
The team captains hold aloft the cup and together pull it apart to reveal two specially-made halves - in this game there are no losers.
The space between these anterior and posterior openings makes a large chamber, divided by a vertical wall into halves, each of which is still further separated into three irregular cavities by three bones, called spongy, from the porosity and delicacy of their texture. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
The time added includes minutes from both halves of the match so two minutes plus three minutes will make up to five. The Sun

Hockey is an 11-a-side game played over two halves of 35 minutes, with goals more often than not coming from set-pieces such as corners or penalties.
Top with strawberry halves then brush the cucumber glaze over the top with a pastry brush. Times, Sunday Times
A trouble shared is a trouble halved.
Two flyhalves made indelible impressions in Sunday's Springbok rugby trials - one of them an Old Selbornian.
The foreign office budget has been halved since 2010, with embassies closed or downsized. Times, Sunday Times
The disparity in halves hasn't escaped the coaching staff's attention. Washington Redskins are halfway there: First two quarters have been better than last two
Figures for the new series have almost halved in just a few weeks. The Sun
Figures for the new series have almost halved in just a few weeks. The Sun
Rendered in black augmented by a thin sienna pinstripe, each is a variation on a halved or quartered circle which floats below center in a field of pale, luminous celadon green.
He was increasingly enjoying the social life, sinking halves of lager. Times, Sunday Times
Rendered in black augmented by a thin sienna pinstripe, each is a variation on a halved or quartered circle which floats below center in a field of pale, luminous celadon green.
Now, if that cell was then to divide, the fluorescence would be halved in the daughter cells.
Halve the skinned fish fillets lengthways, season lightly with salt and slip them into the pan, encouraging them under the liquid. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, the price of laser-printers halves every four years or so, and their resolution and speed continue to improve.
Three leaves were detached from the plant and cut along the mid vein into two halves.
He made three birdies over the closing holes to halve the match. Times, Sunday Times
The announcement came less than a week after interim pre-tax profits at the pizza group nearly halved after teething problems in the fledgeling German unit. Times, Sunday Times
She moved off to a little house on ol 'miss's plantation and make a crop on halvers. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7
Las Vegas courtroom by saying he "clocked" former judge Elizabeth Halverson on Sept. 4 because she threatened to stab him. WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
Halve the lemon grass stalks and squash the bases with the flat side of a knife.
Stuffy" -- though one was tempted to think that he shared his fruit not so much from choice but rather because he disliked the hard work that was sure to follow a refusal of the pressing invitation to "go halvers. Their Yesterdays
Serve polenta with cherry tomato halves lightly dressed with an herb vinaigrette.
Because my brain halves are at war with each other for dominance? on 30 Oct 2007 at 8: 33 am Therese Walsh Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On Brains: Is Right for Writers?
The name diatom comes from a Greek word diatomos that means cut in half, because the shells of diatoms have two overlapping, symmetrical halves. Diatomite
One clue is that California, the biggest supplier of walnuts, will not contract to supply whole halves.
Cut the chillies into pieces and add them to the blender or processor with the onion, garlic, ginger and bottom halves of the lemongrass stalks. The Sun
When the rate was halved and the whining only increased I wondered if anything other than free - with artists uncompensated - could possibly satisfy those who seek to build businesses with other people's art.
To avoid any possible influence of these reflections on the results of our analysis, only the top halves of the peaks were used for spacing measurements.
Ruling and opposition party legislative caucuses finally reached a consensus on Wednesday to halve the number of legislative seats.
Chill the pie for at least four hours, then top with whipped cream and garnish with reserved strawberry halves.
Insofar as the two halves are extricable, Tiersen's contribution is more compelling.
The case had sprung open into two halves, hinged in the middle. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
I hate to see things done by halves-- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone.
IATA halves forecast 2010 loss to $2.8 billion from $5.6 billion Korean regulators tag KE, Asiana for antitrust violations; KE faces ACCC cargo charge ATW Daily News
Cut a starfish in half and both halves can recover to produce two starfish.
He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend. We have to go halves on the phone bill which drives me mad.
A striking, graphic array of evidence in the two books strongly suggests that it was Hodel who, on January 15, 1947, killed actress Elizabeth Short, then surgically cut her in two and transported the halved, nude, exsanguinated corpse — the internal organs kept painstakingly intact — to a vacant lot, where he laid the pieces out as if in imitation of certain Surrealist artworks by Man Ray. California Dreamgirl
Halve the prawns lengthways to make two equal commas. Times, Sunday Times
It said it would not pay an interim dividend and halved the net profit forecast for the half-year to September.
But the glaive only caused the upper and lower halves to momentarily part. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
Trim, rinse and halve the pak choi lengthways. Times, Sunday Times
Cut the chillies into pieces and add them to the blender or processor with the onion, garlic, ginger and bottom halves of the lemongrass stalks. The Sun
Whatever you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right.
Dr Lee believes that men who exercise can halve their risk of cancer of the colon.
No signs identify tees and yardages; tee markers are concrete blocks halved, sometimes doubling as trash bins.
Told in halves in the very different voices of Krista and Aaron, Little Bird of Heaven is a classic Oates novel in which the lyricism of intense sexual love is intertwined with the anguish of loss, and tenderness is barely distinguishable from cruelty. Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary
The upper and lower halves of this box correspond not to waist up and waist down, but to left and right on the dancer's body.
When two halves of an old photograph are put together again, a family mystery is solved in a profitable way. The Sun
Halve the skinned fish fillets lengthways following the line of the fish. Times, Sunday Times
Had I known you were gettin a double and had you made the offer, I mighta come up and taken the 2nd bed and gone halvers with you.
The shares have halved in value.
Surely not for the bank to halve in value again? Times, Sunday Times
This was a gig of two halves, divided by a pointlessly long interval. Times, Sunday Times
The third glume is ovate or oblong, acute or obtuse, longer or shorter than the second, 1-nerved, paleate; palea is as long as the glume and of the same texture of the glume dorsally narrowly inflexed along the middle line and splitting into two halves. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
Sandwich the two halves of the sponge together with cream.
Or it could be the rustic halved barrels with horse brasses, pumps and a stuffed fish.
Then when the heterotypic division takes place and the number of chromosomes is halved, we shall have two spermatocytes with _N_-1 chromosomes from one of the first spermatocytes and one with _N_ and one with _N_-1 from the other. Hormones and Heredity
I halved the butter lengthwise, flipped it over, halved it again (thus quartering it).
Perhaps she hopes to halve the processing time it currently takes to sift through the various minerals she must analyze, or perhaps she needs a younger version to 'aimlessly' crawl toward that Army weapons depot, blinking her 'eyes' in rapid succession at key strategic weak spots without arousing suspicion. Gawker
To achieve a perfect shuffle, the deck is divided exactly in half, and the cards of the two halves are alternately interleaved.
Halve ciabatta and lightly toast the crumb side. Drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil.
Halve the avocado, remove the stone, peel off the skin and dice in cubes. The Sun
A horse relay, Gwinn believed, would halve the time required to deliver mail and convince Congress that the central route deserved the federal contract.
Can you marry up the two halves of the broken plate?
Peel the onion and halve along the length, keeping the base to hold the layers together.
Black rice echoes the look of the berries while contributing a nutty back taste, not forgetting roast tomato halves to add a caramel sweetness. Times, Sunday Times
The number of plastic bags littering beaches has almost halved in the year since the 5p charge was introduced. Times, Sunday Times
The cell is then stretched and split into two halves on the framework of microtubules, each half containing a full complement of chromosomes.
If we take an infusorian sufficiently large, such as the Stentor, and cut it into two halves each containing a part of the nucleus, each of the two halves will generate an independent Stentor; but if we divide it incompletely, so that a protoplasmic communication is left between the two halves, we shall see them execute, each from its side, corresponding movements: so that in this case it is enough that a thread should be maintained or cut in order that life should affect the social or the individual form. Evolution créatrice. English
Shall we go halves on a bottle of champagne?
One in five marine science posts lost in 1989; in five years to 1987 research into renewable energy halved.
CRIME was halved in a rough area of Manchester by the blindingly simple tactic of putting bobbies on streets. The Sun
Now he's talking about stripping off one wall in the living room, too, so he can realign the two halves of this doorway that's gotten kind of torqued by the settling. Icy Tuesday
A cheaper option is Muji's ice-ball maker, which consists of two conjoining silicone semi-spherical halves, with a hole at the top for pouring in water $12, muji.us . With Ice, Size Matters
Halve lengthways to make four chunky strips per fillet of fish. Times, Sunday Times
Peel carrots and parsnips; halve crosswise to separate thick and narrow parts.
The number of officers below superintendent to gain the medal has trebled and the number of chiefs more than halved. Times, Sunday Times
If money is an issue we will go halves on the turtle doves with you!
Nice mistake Murray but you should maybe halve the winnings - she did pick the teams in the first place!
Mechanically he ran the rope under the sleeve of his life-jacket; a mighty jerk seemed likely to pull him in halves as the smack sheered; then a heavy, dragging pain came -- he was being torn, torn, _torn_. A Dream of the North Sea
Halve the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds into a small non-stick saucepan.
The tract is direct psalmody — the singing of successive verses of a psalm without refrain, and it is sung in alternation by two halves of the choir. What We Learn from Music
Halve the other half lengthways. Times, Sunday Times
The fried chicken, the potato salad, the grape halves in mold - all of it felt familiar.
One Chinese tout was selling tickets for 2,000 yuan but halved the price. Times, Sunday Times
Halve the sac lengthways then across into chunky strips. Times, Sunday Times
Motorboating deaths halved during the same period. Times, Sunday Times
The flesh of a "freestone" peach separates easily from the pit and so lends itself to recipes requiring attractive peach halves or slices. Steve Poses: Farm Stands of Salem County, NJ
As the sun rose higher, Duncan ripped his pajama trousers in halves and fashioned them into two rude turbans. Bunches of Knuckles
To serve, spoon some vegetables, ravioli, and saffron broth in a soup bowl and place two shad roe halves in the center.
You can have them ready in the freezer to warm through, halve and finish with the same toppings - just a little less - as the potato pancake.
Yet profits from this activity almost halved last year. Times, Sunday Times
The egg globe was made from the lower halves of two eggs glued together. Times, Sunday Times
Crack a handful of whole new season's walnuts, remove the kernels from the shells and halve them and quarter.
Rub the inside of a fondue pot with the halves of garlic. Times, Sunday Times
A long-established shop is to be halved in size because of a rent rise of almost 50 per cent.
I'm sure it will be a fantastic wedding. Eva never does anything by halves.
The old cliche, ‘a game of two halves,’ describes this one between Bury and strugglers Blackpool perfectly.
Halve vertically with one piece slightly larger than the other. Times, Sunday Times
Core the red peppers, halve, cut out all the white pith and place the pepper pieces skin side up on a grill tray.
“The first three are easy” to perceive, Duckor states, partly because these each contain some of the best halves from the following four. All-Time Greatest Collection of Barber Half Dollars to be Auctioned in Boston, Part 2 : Coin Collecting News
Not long ago, the United States appeared to be on track to meet the commitment to halve its annual deficit by 2013. U.S. needs to make progress on deficit, IMF warns
After the pessimistic sales forecasts, production was halved.
Pearce felt he had truly seen a game of two halves after his team recovered from what he described as an "awful" opening 45 minutes. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Since then, that ratio has almost halved. Times, Sunday Times
Halve, peel and finely chop onion and garlic then heat 1 tbsp oil in a lidded saucepan and stir it in. Times, Sunday Times
Baby artichokes en barigoule (braised in white wine and olive oil) came with perfectly soft-boiled halves of quails' eggs and effervescent-tasting violet heartsease flowers.
It had been observed by Harland Wood's group at Western Reserve that when 14C-lactate or 14C-glycerol are fed to a fasted animal the labeling of the glucose units of liver glycogen was such as to suggest that triose-P isomerase had failed to equilibrate its two triose phosphate substrates during synthesis, or that the condensation reaction of FDP aldolase did not give equal labeling of the two halves of Irwin Rose - Autobiography
Halve the red chillies, scrape out the seeds with the point of a knife then chop the flesh finely.
Halve, peel and finely dice the onion. Times, Sunday Times
At this point, the Persian Empire was divided into two halves –East and West.
If, with the same number of hours of labour , the income of the society in a given year was only half as big as in the previous year, then the value of each receipt would likewise be halved.
Other distinguishing characteristics of this group include a double blowhole, a symmetrical skull, right and left halves of the the lower jaw unfused, and a single osseus sternum.
He roughly divided the gold in halves, caching one half on a prominent ledge, wrapped in a piece of blanket, and returning the other half to the sack. LOVE OF LIFE
By the end of the decade, inflation had halved the real value of football payments.
Yet profits from this activity almost halved last year. Times, Sunday Times
He only had to halve the hole and the match to bring the team victory. For Love or Money
Leave while you halve, peel and finely chop the onion. Times, Sunday Times
The relative frequency of fraternal twins has halved since 1950.
He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend. We have to go halves on the phone bill which drives me mad.
She unsnapped the closure and twisted open the two halves.
She heard a shrill of laughter that sounded as if it would have split a storm into two halves.
Spoon into pepper and tomato halves and over mushroom caps.
She carried the bagel halves back to the table, set them on her plate, and opened the tub of fat-free cream cheese.
Between 1812 to 1814, wheat, barley and oats all roughly halved in price.
I hate to see things done by halves-- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone.
The two halves of the document did not correspond.
Halve the other half lengthways. Times, Sunday Times
A wide white bowl holds one Dungeness crab leg, manila clams, two hand-formed patties of linguica sausage, a few remarkably moist pieces of chicken, fennel slices, and grilled fingerling potato halves, all sitting in a shallow pool of lovely pink lobster broth. Operation Clambake « PubliCola
Put one or two apricot halves in the centre of the square and spoon over a little thick, ready-made vanilla custard. The Sun
If you halved the ratio of population per physician, you reduced the number of infant deaths by 2. 5 percent.
Halve the sac lengthways then across into chunky strips. Times, Sunday Times
Since then its share price has halved. Times, Sunday Times
But those who did sport the blue and white halves displayed it in spades against Fulham to give credence to the manager Steve Kean's claims that, despite a disharmonious backdrop, team spirit remains intact. Morten Gamst Pedersen urges Blackburn to resist selling key players
Halve any larger carrots vertically to make sure all are a similar size. Times, Sunday Times
She trotted out the old cliche that 'a trouble shared is a trouble halved.'
None the less, the London Bills of Mortality suggest that maternal mortality halved from 1700 to 1800.
This was a gig of two halves, divided by a pointlessly long interval. Times, Sunday Times
Finding one, he set down the apple on the counter near the small window and began to slice it into pieces; first into halves, then into quarters, and then into eighths.
Serve the roasted halves on crisp toast spread with a mild citrus-flavored cheese for a fine first course; double the portions and add pink curls of prosciutto or thin slices of aromatic salami to make a light lunch dish.
And halve the number of officers with chief inspector rank and above after consultation with the rank and file, who know who the good ones are. The Sun
He halves nothing whatever with our more earnest-minded juniors who -- perennially discovering that all religions thus far put to the test of nominal practice have, whatever their paradisial _entrée_, resulted in a deplorable earthly hash -- perennially run yelping into the shrill agnosticism which believes only that one's neighbors should not be permitted to believe in anything. The Queen Pedauque
Thus, assuming two-thirds of those retiring were replaced in work by unemployment beneficiaries, the financial costs could have been halved.
Some people say that true lovers are one soul that is separated when it's born and those two halves will always yearn to find their way back together.
Yet profits from this activity almost halved last year. Times, Sunday Times
The number of officers below superintendent to gain the medal has trebled and the number of chiefs more than halved. Times, Sunday Times
The number of visitors to libraries has halved since 1984 and could further slump to a terminal decline in the next 20 years, a charity has warned.
The question is whether the cruropatagium attached to the TAIL thus making it split into two halves or the tail was free, but the patagium ran up to just below the tail. Life's Time Capsule: Questions about Pterosaurs #1
Halve lengthways then finely shave across the fennel bulbs. Times, Sunday Times
A 300-yard tunnel is being drilled through the mountainside to connect the two halves of the severed road again.
The bottom halves of the cookies were imbued with the rhubarb juices and thus softened, while the top halves remained delicately crispy.
Peel carrots and parsnips; halve crosswise to separate thick and narrow parts.
The shares have more than halved in value since the summer high of 572p.
I broke the chocolate into halves here's your half.
Sales of unit trusts almost halved in 2001 as investors lost faith in equity markets.
They are expected to halve pollution caused by large commercial vehicles, bringing them into line with regulations governing car exhaust emissions.
Sergei Berezin halved the deficit 5: 49 into the second period, but the Blackhawks failed to put the equalizer past Tommy Salo. NHL - National Hockey League - Chicago vs. Edmonton
The city is cut into two distinctive halves by the Nile, which is broad and beautiful here. Times, Sunday Times
I'd love to go halvers with you," proposed Douglas. Michael O'Halloran
The cost of sales roughly halved from £7.2m to £3.7m during the period.
It ended a run of 14 games unbeaten and it was a sickener to concede in injury time of both halves.
Have they no fear that the housing market is about to crash, and their shares may halve in value?
She was looking at the two warring halves of her life, facing her on the Nantlas road. THE WHITE DOVE
Season the stuffing with salt and black pepper, and pile the filling into the tomato halves.
Use chunks of ripe pineapple, halves of slightly under-ripe apricots or freestone peaches.
arbitrary division of the group into halves
It is resisting attempts to halve the bounty placed on cars more than nine years old and to restrict the scheme to more expensive, British-made cars. Times, Sunday Times
I hate to see things done by halves-- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone.
Scatter a bulb of garlic cloves around the turkey in the tin, and add a few lemon halves and a handful of rosemary sprigs. Times, Sunday Times
Studies have suggested it may halve the risk of some cancers. The Sun
He tore the pages in halves, then fourths, then eighths.
But it seems their other halves are no longer the only people they make a pledge of loyalty to. The Sun
Whatever you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right.
In the ripe capsule a vascular strand lies almost free between the mesocarp and the endocarp, its two halves passing through the endocarp immediately opposite the funicles of the seeds.
His sentence has been halved and a further 18 days deducted as part of a scheme introduced last summer to ease jail overcrowding. The Sun
Halve, or quarter, this estimate if you will, in order to be certain of erring upon the right side, and still there remains a prodigious period during which the ancestors of existing coral polypes have been undisturbedly at work; and during which, therefore, the climatal conditions over the coral area must have been much what they are now. Autobiography and Selected Essays
It halved the ridiculous number of people we had to go and see. THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock
For main, if your'e feeling decadent, why not go for the lobster platter; langoustines, mussels, whelks, oysters all surround the halved lobster on a bed of ice.
The problem starts with the fact that determinate sentences are automatically halved as soon as they are given. Times, Sunday Times
Make a spicy dip Halve the aubergines lengthways and bake in the oven until soft. Times, Sunday Times
Cut the apple into halves.
Lung cancer deaths have halved since 1965, mainly due to a reduction in the number of people who smoke.
Facing certain defeat, Allenby holed a 15-foot birdie from the fringe to halve the hole and stay alive. USATODAY.com - International team shows grit on first day of Presidents Cup
No. 8, 193 yards, par 3: Nicklaus and Irwin halve with pars. USATODAY.com - Senior Skins Game
The shares have more than halved in value since the summer high of 572p.
In the cities unemployment was halved, attendance at school and college nearly doubled; cholera and plagues had been brought under control. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
Halve the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds into a small non-stick saucepan.
Afradapis, such as the loss of the second premolar and the fusion of the two halves of the lower jaw (called the mandibular symphysis), are not seen in closest relatives of the earliest anthropoids like the recently-discovered genus Biretia. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
The problem starts with the fact that determinate sentences are automatically halved as soon as they are given. Times, Sunday Times
Lightly butter an ovenproof gratin dish and arrange the chicory halves cut-side down in a single layer.
It retains the split tail to allow independent movement of the two halves of the wide saddle platform as the legs swing up and down.
He said that I was one of the most skilful scrum-halves but I would get outplayed by my opposite number who had less ability.
Big old clumps can be chopped in halves or quarters. Times, Sunday Times
A rubber mallet is used to drive the blade halves into the green.
Dr Lee believes that men who exercise can halve their risk of cancer of the colon.

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