half measure

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.

My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.

But the inability to measure progress in the ISIS campaign is widespread.

With that, there is no means to consistently measure progress.

It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.

A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."

All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.

The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.