The three-and-a-half percent growth was the first expansion in more than a year, and the strongest in two years.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The union collected the notes on a board twenty-three meters wide by almost two and a half meters tall.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

That was down from last year, when more than three thousand walkers raised almost seven and a half million dollars.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

After three and a half years of fighting, hundreds of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers had been killed or wounded.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

On May third, the Cumberland River measured almost sixteen meters, more than three and a half meters above flood stage.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

The group Defenders of Wildlife describes black bears as between a half-meter and three fourths of a meter at the shoulders.

VOA: special.2011.06.21

The United States has lost more than three and a half million jobs since the recession began more than a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

But the latest report says urinary tract infections after surgery increased more than three and a half percent.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

However,the cooling of about one and one-half to three degrees Celsius is only about half as strong as a real La Nina.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Banks hold one and a half of the three and a half trillion dollars in debt that supports the commercial real estate market.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

BeadforLife reported sales in its last budget year of more than three and a half million dollars.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

They found that over a period of six years, planting three rows of trees reduced total dust and ammonia by more than half.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

About six billion of it is in Islamic bonds, including a three and a half billion dollar bond set for repayment on Monday.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

It says urinary tract infections increased more than three and a half percent after a surgical operation.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Last year,more than six hundred twenty thousand, or three and a half percent, were international students.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

In all,his plan calls for three and a half trillion dollars in federal spending for the two thousand ten budget year starting in October.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

But recent findings suggested that tPA may be effective in saving brain tissue even if three to four and a half hours have passed.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The United States has promised three and a half billion dollars toward the three-year program.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

But recent findings have suggested that tPA may be effective in saving brain tissue even if three to four and a half hours have passed.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The latest estimates say almost thirty-three and a half million have the virus.

VOA: special.2009.12.02