HALF – English Grammar Profiler

The word ‘half’ is typically a before determiner or pre-determiner capable of pronominal function.

(DB) 1183937

Here are 10 examples of the intensifier phrase ‘more than‘ premodifying the determiner ‘half’:

1 MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY 3921

It‘s been more than half a century.

2 MORE THAN HALF A MILLION 3884 3 MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR 1064 4 MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN 986 5 MORE THAN HALF A BILLION 739 6 MORE THAN HALF THE TIME 589 7 MORE THAN HALF THE POPULATION 544 8 MORE THAN HALF A YEAR 454 9 MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD 389

10 MORE THAN HALF A DECADE 343

3 HALF (NN1) 199149

9 HALF way (RR21) 46025

13 HALF (RR) 17702

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/half

2 SECOND (MD) HALF (NN1) OF (IO) 67335 3 THAN (CSN) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 63067 4 ABOUT (RG) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 34120 5 A (AT1) HALF (DB) YEARS (NNT2) 28565 6 THAN (CSN) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 22153 7 A (AT1) HALF (DB) HOUR (NNT1) 21498 8 OVER (RG) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 21039 9 NEARLY (RR) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 20210 10 SECOND (MD) HALF (NN1) , (,) 19539 11 SECOND (MD) HALF (NN1) . (.) 19517

12 ABOUT (RG) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 19457

15 THAN (CSN) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 16809

17 ALMOST (RR) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 16702

19 , (,) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 15673
20 FIRST (MD) HALF (NN1@) . (.) 14597

23 A (AT1) HALF (DB) HOURS (NNT2) 12858 24 . (.) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 12833 25 IN (II) HALF (DB) , (,) 12570

26 ABOUT (RG) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 12431

32 OVER (RG) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 9969
33 ABOUT (RG) HALF (DB) AN (AT1) 9702

36 A (AT1) HALF (DB) DOZEN (NNO) 9324 37 FOR (IF) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 9165 38 FOR (IF) HALF (DB) AN (AT1) 8864 39 LATTER (DA) HALF (NN1@) OF (IO) 8634 40 IS (VBZ) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 8530 41 LEAST (RR22) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 8436 42 ONLY (JJ) HALF (NN1) OF (IO) 7980 43 FOR (IF) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 7522 44 ONLY (JJ) HALF (NN1) THE (AT) 7495 45 , (,) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 6683 46 AND (CC) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 6570 47 . (.) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 6306 48 FOR (IF) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 6167 49 SECOND (MD) HALF (NN1) AND (CC) 6152 50 FIRST (MD) HALF (NN1@) AND (CC) 6151

51 LOWER (JJR) HALF (NN1@) OF (IO) 6040

53 (NULL) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 5984
54 A (AT1) HALF (DB) MILE (NNU1) 5892

56 THE (AT) HALF (NN1@) . (.) 5602 57 WITH (IW) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 5479 58 NEARLY (RR) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 5467 59 OF (IO) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 5467

60 WITH (IW) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 5362

63 OVER (RG) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 5242 64 A (AT1) HALF (DB) MONTHS (NNT2) 5204 65 AT (II) HALF (DB) TIME (NNT1) 5146

66 AT (II) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 5045

69 A (AT1) HALF (DB) MILLION (NNO) 4898 70 A (AT1) HALF (DB) DAY (NNT1) 4745 71 ALMOST (RR) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 4602

72 A (AT1) HALF (DB) INCH (NNU1) 4598

74 AROUND (RG) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 4572

76 WITH (IW) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 4510 77 TO (II) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 4248

78 APPROXIMATELY (RR) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 4236

80 NEARLY (RR) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 4227 81 ROUGHLY (RR) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 4198 82 THE (AT) HALF (NN1@) OF (IO) 4086 83 IN (II) HALF (DB) THE (AT) 4080 84 THE (AT) HALF (NN1@) , (,) 4077 85 THAT (CST) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 4072

86 OTHER (JJ) HALF (NN1@) . (.) 3935

88 ALMOST (RR) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 3884

90 THAN (CSN) HALF (DB) AN (AT1) 3807
91 THAN (CSN) HALF (DB) ( (() 3755

93 OTHER (JJ) HALF (NN1@) IS (VBZ) 3715

95 A (AT1) HALF (DB) TIMES (NNT2) 3573 96 A (AT1) HALF (DB) MINUTES (NNT2) 3561 97 UPPER (JJ) HALF (NN1@) OF (IO) 3454 98 EVERY (AT1) HALF (DB) HOUR (NNT1) 3446 99 LEAST (RR22) HALF (DB) A (AT1) 3349

100 IS (VBZ) HALF (DB) OF (IO) 3184