Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] two [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This was but a temporary setback , for after a rest and a defeat on his return he proceeded to win his next nine races , completely outclassing his rivals at distances from nine furlongs to two and a quarter miles .
2 It 's best to do these on the track , but if one is not available , you can do repeats of two and a half to three and a half minutes on the road .
3 a period of two and a half , three years now .
4 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 .
5 By the time the United Kingdom referendum had been held at the beginning of June 1975 , electors in Northern Ireland would have voted seven times in two and a quarter years .
6 Obtain a minimum of two and a maximum of eight passport size colour photographs ( see page 13 for information on additional photographs ) .
7 A minimum of two and a maximum of eight passport size colour photographs ( see page 13 for information on additional photographs ) ;
8 Twenty pounds of butter was enough for the lease of two and a half desiatiny of land for five years.l Five pudy of linseed cake were exchanged for the approaching harvest of a desiatin of wheat .
9 Conrad and Brudermann had seriously misjudged Russian strength and intentions , for the combined armies of Ruzski ( Third ) and Brusilov ( Eighth ) , with 336 battalions , 264 squadrons and some 1,200 guns , outnumbered Brudermann by two and a half to one .
10 Oh we were in Catterick for two and a half , three years
11 Doctors gave his liver to a 15-year-old boy , his kidneys to a 43-year-old mother of two and a man of 60 , his heart to a woman of 45 , and both lungs to a woman of 47 .
12 The Court ruled by 11 votes to two that the offence had been abolished by presidential decree in 1986 — when Aquino dismantled much of the coercive apparatus of former President Ferdinand Marcos shortly after taking power — but stated that the government could file charges of " simple rebellion " , a lesser offence which carried a lighter penalty of 12 years ' imprisonment .
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