Example sentences of "and a half [noun pl] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1975–76 it had risen to £10.3 billion — two and a half times the level inherited from the Conservatives just two years earlier . |
| 2 | This year 's spending of £6.5 million is four and a half times the level of two years ago . |
| 3 | but I , I disagree with them lending money to the extent , the old way was better when it was two and a half times the salary , your salary |
| 4 | In , the typical overhead of indexes and related files leads to a final size of about two and a half times the size of the corresponding serial file . |
| 5 | artwork one and a half times the size which it will be reproduced . |
| 6 | The swollen testis was two and a half times the size of the normal one and very hard . |
| 7 | It is going to be nine and a half times the footprint of Hambleton three and a half times the footprint of Brayton Bath it will tower in its mass beside them and it is totally unreasonable and wrong for anybody to describe it as merely of local concern . |
| 8 | It is going to be nine and a half times the footprint of Hambleton three and a half times the footprint of Brayton Bath it will tower in its mass beside them and it is totally unreasonable and wrong for anybody to describe it as merely of local concern . |
| 9 | Chandrasekhar calculated that a cold star of more than about one and a half times the mass of the sun would not be able to support itself against its own gravity . |
| 10 | This tape will achieve a satisfactory curtain fullness with a minimum of one and a half times the track length using a thick fabric , but double fullness is preferable , particularly with lightweight fabrics . |
| 11 | It needs fabric fullness of two and a quarter to two and a half times the track length , depending on the thickness of the fabric . |
| 12 | A detachable lining which can be removed and washed separately need not use the same fullness as the outer curtain ; one and a half times the track length can be sufficient . |
| 13 | Including these tremendously long towels which are er one and a half times the length of the table because they have to go over everybody 's lap as a napkin kind of communal napkin . |
| 14 | Suicides by vets are more than three and a half times the average for all groups , says the latest issue of Population Trends from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys . |
| 15 | Yes , it used to be two and a half times the wage and in the long run rather than mess about taking the house off them |
| 16 | Boots ( retail division ) may consider giving employees moving from low-cost to high-cost areas a loan of up to a maximum of one and a half times the employee 's expected first year 's gross salary . |
| 17 | For four and a half centuries the village and manor have belonged to the Earls of Pembroke . |
| 18 | He goes on to argue that the bourgeoisie have always used sections from within the ‘ dangerous classes ’ to control those who are overtly troublesome , perhaps following the maxim that ‘ it takes a thief to catch a thief ’ , when he argues : ‘ for one and a half centuries the bourgeoisie offered the following choices : you can go to prison or join the Army ; you can go to prison or go to the colonies ; you can go to prison or you can join the police ’ ( ibid. 23 ) . |
| 19 | For two and a half years the Empire was subjected to heavy casualties on the battlefield , acute economic austerity , and massive social dislocation . |
| 20 | My Lords , for about two and a half years the defendant , Mr. Gary Thomas , made his home with his brother Webster in a council house 29 , Juniper Court , Morris Road , London , E.15 which belonged to and was let by the respondent local authority the Waltham Forest London Borough Council ( ‘ the plaintiffs ’ ) to Webster . |