half-staff|half staff in English

verb

lower a flag to half-mast as a sign of respect for the dead or as a distress signal

Use "half-staff|half staff" in a sentence

1. Over half of the staff is female.

2. More than half the staff are temporary.

3. Sulla served on Marius' staff as tribunus militum during the first half of this campaign.

4. Today the company produces about half a million watches a year with a staff of about 470.

5. Functions performed by those local staff were shifted to Taiwan by half, such as the reservation center.

6. There is also a shortage of teachers and staff in Binh Chanh, with only half of all positions being filled.

7. A state funeral was held for Wahid on 31 December, and flags were flown at half-staff for seven days.

8. The first half of this two-year project has been intensely busy, insightful, and educational for staff at the Birthplace

9. At one stage half the permanent health service posts were unfilled and agency staff worked in the flat on a daily basis.

10. Half man, half kangaroo?

11. + 13 (15) other staff (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local staff, 12 agency staff)

12. He's half English, half Swiss.

13. Contract staff, seconded national experts and agency staff

14. Aprickle/Spike Half Gorilla half Cactus

15. He was half elegant, half slovenly.

16. Half human, half fish. A mermaid.

17. In 2008, anonymous members of the wait staff criticized the business because of its practice of paying them less than half the official minimum wage in the UK, with the business allocating tips to staff to bring their salaries within the law.

18. With staff.

19. Top half Indians, bottom half white guys.

20. Fleece half price, T-shirts half price.

21. expenditure on temporary staff (contract staff, national experts, auxiliaries, agency staff) up to the sum of EUR

22. She was half Italian and half English.

23. He laughed, half pleased and half resentful.

24. My staff!

25. Staff advances