Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [subord] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are male , of at least medium height , and more than half a stone overweight . |
| 2 | Directly to his left the flint walls of Martyr 's Cottage glistened like marbles in the afternoon sun and less than half a mile to the north , set back among the Californian pines which fringed that part of the coast , was the dull square cottage rented by Hilary Robarts , a neatly proportional suburban villa incongruously set down on this bleak headland and facing inland as if resolutely ignoring the sea . |
| 3 | The Executive resolved that the Transport Workers ' Federation should be informed that a national strike " would be detrimental to all concerned " , but that if such a call was made the union would hold a ballot before striking . |
| 4 | But less than half a mile from his home in Witney , Oxfordshire , 42-year-old Mr Adams was knocked off his bike and run over by a van . |
| 5 | After less than half a mile you arrive at the Whealt . |
| 6 | He knew that time was ticking away remorselessly , though less than half a minute had passed . |