But that was only half the story - and the lesser half.

I would not want the lesser half of my opinion of him to obscure my overall affection for and admiration of him.

The injury apparently occurred during Sunday's race, and left Hooper with the lesser half of the his 3-year-old entry, Recommended List, who ran fifth.

Jacques, the lesser half of a couple from Martinique, appeared in the doorway.

He would rather not be the lesser half of a famous director-cinematographer duo.

The Shadowmasters may be the lesser half.

Yet this is only the lesser half of it.

Of Luz's other, lesser half, the spa of Saint-Sauveur, there is little to say.

"Oh, Lord," groaned the lesser half, "those frying pavements!"

The innocents believed they were involved in a partisan comradeship, which was but the lesser half of what had happened to them in his absence.