Get to know Halfon better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning.
Halfon in a sentence
Halfon meaning
A surname.
Using Halfon
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, halfon often appears in combinations such as: robert halfon.
Context around Halfon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Halfon
- In this selection, "halfon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, robert, hinds, chair, seem and asked stand out and add context to how "halfon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include committee robert halfon called for and generals like halfon seem to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "halfon" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with halfon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
MP Robert Halfon thinks too many people get degrees. (9 words)
Armchair generals like Halfon seem to think such trading should be stopped, but what’s the alternative? (17 words)
But the Conservative chairman of the Education Select Committee, Robert Halfon, called for a re-think on Mr Young's appointment, highlighting his writing about eugenics. (26 words)
Robert Halfon, chair of the powerful Commons education select committee, joined the leading Oxford medicine professor Carl Heneghan in calling for tuition fees to be waived this year, with most teaching being delivered online. (34 words)
Robert Halfon, the Tory chairman of the Commons education committee, said he wanted Sally Collier to appear before MPs next week, having accepted to come before the committee before her resignation. (31 words)
In a further letter to Hinds, Halfon asked for a statement from the DfE oabout the plight of schools affected by the collapse of infrastructure group Carillion this week. (29 words)
Armchair generals like Halfon seem to think such trading should be stopped, but what’s the alternative? (17 words)
Example sentences (7)
A personal statement from the Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, Member of Parliament for Harlow and the villages and the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education.
Robert Halfon, chair of the powerful Commons education select committee, joined the leading Oxford medicine professor Carl Heneghan in calling for tuition fees to be waived this year, with most teaching being delivered online.
Robert Halfon, the Tory chairman of the Commons education committee, said he wanted Sally Collier to appear before MPs next week, having accepted to come before the committee before her resignation.
Armchair generals like Halfon seem to think such trading should be stopped, but what’s the alternative?
But the Conservative chairman of the Education Select Committee, Robert Halfon, called for a re-think on Mr Young's appointment, highlighting his writing about eugenics.
In a further letter to Hinds, Halfon asked for a statement from the DfE oabout the plight of schools affected by the collapse of infrastructure group Carillion this week.
MP Robert Halfon thinks too many people get degrees.
Common combinations with halfon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: