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Belly Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I don't get the meaning of this paragraph

" While Sky took a quiet pride in the fact that the BBC wanted to sign up its star, its annoyance at losing Barker was understandable. It had allowed the BBC to have her for the tennis season and offered a half- and- half arrangement when the BBC wanted to sign her full time- but the BBC was not interested. Sam Chisholm, Sky's chief executive, decided to take legal action."

What is a half-and-half arragement? (50/50 for money or for the time they have her, I mean, they could both have her for half of the time?)

I still don't understand. Do they mean " First they say it had allowed BBC to have her for the tennis season and offered a half and half arragement, but the BBC just want to have her for the tennis season and said no to the aggrement"? So, why did Sam Chisholm decide to take legal action? Perhaps he wanted the two conditions to becarried out at a time?
  

Top answer

Do you have a link? half-and-half arrangement: probably a contract whereby Barker would've worked 50% of her time for the BBC and 50% for Sky

— Marius Hancu

  • Do you have a link?
  • half-and-half arrangement: probably a contract whereby Barker would've worked 50% of her time for the BBC and 50% for Sky
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Do you have a link?

half-and-half arrangement: probably a contract whereby Barker would've worked 50% of her time for the BBC and 50% for Sky
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I have no link, sir. That's about it
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OK, than that's my reading.
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Marius HancuOK, than that's my reading.
I don't get what you mean
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The above is my reading, that is my interpretation.
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