11.   Certainly the players realize that, after half a year, money matters are not the only things that have changed the way people look at their game.

12.   For almost half a year, Barker worked on computer model, one that would simulate how a sled would behave on a course.

13.   For more than half a year, the company had not been willing to comment on speculation that tipped it as a potentially successful bidder.

14.   George W. Bush has been governor for only half a year, and he has already revolutionized the way that Texas approaches its problems.

15.   Half a year ago, Gadhafi visited Niger, promising many things, including a paved trans-Saharan road from Libya to Agadez.

16.   Half a year had passed.

17.   Half a year later, Nigeria welcomed Carter, who became the first American president to pay a state visit to a sub-Saharan country.

18.   He said he suffered from dizziness and blurred vision, was unable to work for nearly half a year and has chronic headaches and panic attacks to this day.

19.   If Keating is returned to jail, he would likely have to serve about half a year.

20.   I was there for half a year, and I did not enjoy it.