I've already waited nearly half an hour.

I have already waited nearly half an hour.

I was kept waiting for nearly half an hour.

In South Korea and Indonesia, women own nearly half a million firms.

I watched nearly half of the buildings in my neighborhood burn down.

In South Korea and Indonesia, women own nearly half a million firms.

Tropical forests are home to nearly half of all plant and animal species on Earth.

As the world's number one tennis player, Djokovic has generated nearly half of his income from tournament bonuses.

And nearly half of the investment flows from Asian developing economies is directed towards other developing economies in the region.

Last year, there were more than 300 incidents of piracy around the world, nearly half of which occurred in Asia.

Low income countries received nearly half of the 41 billion increase in remittances to developing countries from 2001 to 2004.

Last year, the income of Donglin village reached RMB 22 million, of which total agricultural income accounted for nearly a half.

Women continue to compose the majority of professional labor judges (67.3 of the judges, and 57.1 of the registrars), nearly half of the District Courts judges (41.3 ), almost half of the Magistrate Courts Judges (48.7 ) and more than half of the registrars (56.9 ).

Nearly 1,000 national scenic spots have cut ticket prices and the decreasing amplitude of more than half of them is over 20

Nearly half of the 1 1,500,000 scale geologic base map quadrangles have been completed to support NASA apos s Venus Geologic Mapping Program.

It has been estimated that there are over two billion radios in use, with nearly half of those being in the developing countries.

Why didn't the half cooked steak say hello to the nearly cooked steak when the two saw each other? They both weren't ready.

In Afghanistan, for example, nearly half a million Afghans had been assisted by UNHCR to return home, making it the biggest voluntary repatriation worldwide.

Nearly half of the Trust Fund 45 per cent was used for projects to strengthen the justice sector and the defence of human rights.

Women continue to compose the majority of professional labor judges (67.3 of the judges, and 57.1 of the registrars), nearly half of the District Courts judges (41.3 ), almost half of the Magistrate Courts Judges (48.7 ) and more than half of the registrars in both instances (56.9 ).

In this sense, Qatar s tack has produced a rare schism within the Gulf Cooperation Council, whose members collectively possess nearly half of the world s oil reserves.

In the first four months of 2005, 307 fines had already been imposed, or nearly half the number as in the previous year as a whole.

It took building a whole bunch of systems to get it right, but once we did, we were able to cut our carbon footprint nearly in half.

The total stock of FDI of developing countries rose from 129 billion in 1990 to 859 billion in 2003, with nearly half of it South South.8

China s leaders are already eager to rein in energy and pollution intensive industry for reasons of national security, air and water quality, and simple economic efficiency. Production of steel, cement, chemicals, paper, and aluminum alone account for nearly half of China s energy needs and generate nearly half of the air pollution that claims over 300,000 lives and costs the economy close to 100 billion each year.

He went on to say that, in the eastern half of Europe, one foul tyranny was driven out by another, and liberation was postponed for nearly 50 years.

Half of the Roma are of school age, and the population is growing faster than the capacity of the REF. The Fund s annual budget is only 12 million ( 16.3 million), of which my foundations cover nearly half, and we find it difficult to secure additional funds.

The current vaccine prevents severe TB in infants, but not the most prevalent pulmonary TB in all age groups. The microscopic test gives false results in nearly half of all cases.

Only 10 multinational companies, five of which are United States owned, account for nearly half of global drug sales in some instances, United States companies are the sole manufacturers of certain drugs.

After all, Pope Francis s native region, Latin America, is currently home to nearly half (44 ) of the world s Catholics. But the Catholic Church is increasingly losing out to Protestant competition there and elsewhere.

Starting from similar levels a half century ago, South Korea has grown to become one of the world s most prosperous economies, with nearly 50 million people enjoying a per capita income of 30,000 (at purchasing price parity). North Korea has half the population and per capita income of less than 2,000.

CHICAGO The United States has reached a point where almost half its population is described as being in some way mentally ill, and nearly a quarter of its citizens 67.5 million have taken antidepressants.

European leaders seem to be moving in this direction. The required cut is large eliminating half of Greece s public debt obligation would leave it at nearly 80 of GDP, a ratio higher than Spain s.

Nearly half of reporting Parties (52 of the 122) are implementing, or are considering the implementation of, small hydropower applications in order to increase their energy supply to meet their pressing needs for power.

And over the last decade, you see that the share of Western exchanges and this is the U.S. share of exchanges in the world has gone down by nearly half in just the last decade.

In this particular area we have witnessed remarkable progress, with nearly half of the States not party to the Convention having become members since the adoption of the Action Plan less than two years ago.

A year ago, the two countries did not even have ambassadors in each other s capitals. In May, President Thein Sein became the first leader from Myanmar to visit the White House in nearly a half century.

Particularly troubling is France's protracted incarceration of pre trial suspects. In a country that regards itself as a civilized counterweight to belligerent American hegemony, nearly half of all prisoners have never been convicted of a crime.

In my opinion the author cannot, for the purpose of exhaustion of domestic remedies, rely on a ruling by the Constitutional Court which was delivered nearly two and half years after his case was finally decided.

The total cultivated area of the president of Illinois Corn Growers Association Aron Carlson s family is 3,600 acres. He uses nearly half of the land to grow soybeans, but he plans to make reduction in the future.

On June 23rd, 2000, a ship named the Treasure sank off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, spilling 1,300 tons of fuel, which polluted the habitats of nearly half the entire world population of African penguins.

In the first half of the 1990s, annual inflation averaged 40 in Africa, 230 in Latin America, and 360 in the transition economies of Eastern Europe. And, in the early 1980s, advanced economy inflation averaged nearly 10 .

Growth in real GDP appears to have averaged close to 4 in the second half of 2013, nearly double the 2.2 pace of the preceding four years. The unemployment rate has finally fallen below the 7 threshold.

Traditionally, nearly half of India s trade deficit has been financed by remittances from Indian expatriates. Part of this flow is steady, because it supports families at home but much of it is opportunistic investment seeking real returns.

Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it s inedible but because it doesn t look appealing. Tristram Stuart delves into the shocking data of wasted food, calling for a more responsible use of global resources.