Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] and a [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its large terraced gardens formed but a part of six and a half acres of land enclosed on three sides by high walls and locked gates . |
| 2 | I loathe the metal anti-bazooka sheeting fixed to the museum walls and the twelve-millimetre-thick glass panel which , while protecting ‘ Guernica ’ , will only allow visitors to view the painting from a distance of three and a half metres . |
| 3 | Its construction was a considerable engineering feat , an enclosed wet dock of three and a half acres built within the pool , a tidal creek of the Mersey . |
| 4 | The race was created 21 years ago when a psychologist , propping up the Gannochy bar , laid a £1 bet that no member of the University ‘ could , without mechanical assistance , do the return trip of five and a half miles from the Gannochy to the top of Dumyat [ 418metres ] in less than an hour . ’ |
| 5 | Next to his acreage was a small field of one and a half acres with a little mound in it . |
| 6 | Ted acted quickly and in time a deal was concluded and he became the owner of one and a half acres of grassland . |
| 7 | He is the biggest of all seals , growing up to 14 feet long and a weight of two and a half tonnes . |
| 8 | His ultimate ambition is to take part in the Australian-style ‘ Iron Man ’ competition — a swim of two and a half miles , a 112-mile cycle and a full 26-mile marathon . |
| 9 | Consisting of two and a half acres of glass , two acres of stainless steel cladding and 1,000 tonnes of steel work , the 400 metre long single span terminal roof covers a four level international passenger handling complex . |
| 10 | " Give him three ounces of this immediately in a pint of water , then follow it with one and a half ounces night and morning and let us know if he is n't a lot better in two days . " |
| 11 | Giverny has become a monument to America 's infatuation with Monet — an infatuation which has been at least partly responsible for the exorbitant prices until recently given for his paintings , and one which is now shared with the Japanese Monet had lived there since 1884 , first renting a farm house with two and a half acres , then buying it , gradually making additions such as a studio , and extending the attached land to accommodate his famous Japanese garden and lake . |
| 12 | The hunt recently fenced off 6 and a half miles of the M40 to stop foxes getting onto it . |
| 13 | The hunt recently fenced off 6 and a half miles of the M40 to stop foxes getting onto it . |
| 14 | Set in complete seclusion in thirteen and a half acres of landscaped gardens and fields and surrounded by woodland , Mizzards is an exceptionally attractive 16th-century farmhouse built of brick and stone . |
| 15 | There is a wind-blown cornice of about one and a half metres overhanging a sheer drop of about eight metres . |
| 16 | This has frequently happened on the Halemaumau volcano , which has a deep , circular , pit-like crater about one and a half kilometres across at its summit . |
| 17 | They were carried along on their gently-moving conveyor belt at a speed of about one and a half kilometres an hour , while they made determinations of the viscosity of the lava beneath the rubbly crust , and eventually hopped off again , none the worse for wear . |
| 18 | It was to the north west of the village about one and a half kilometres away , on the banks of a stream called the Rovacchia , behind a grass embankment . |
| 19 | It is reached from the A164 by a lane about one mile long with wide verges , or by a lane about one and a half miles long from the B1248 . |
| 20 | The housing has followed a linear type of development , which has made the village about one and a half miles long . |
| 21 | The location of the box was remote , about one and a half miles from the village , but the line was busy and the box controlled the junction , so any signalman had to have his wits about him . |
| 22 | The centre of Diano Marina is about one and a half miles away . |
| 23 | This is a pleasant modern hotel , situated about one and a half miles from the old village of Ovindoli . |
| 24 | ‘ IF WE PARKED all the vehicles in my division end to end , they would stretch for one and a half miles ’ , says P&O Roadtanks Divisional Director , Joe Chapman . |
| 25 | I have worked my beat as near as possible to 2 and a half miles an hour , and I do n't think there is much to complain about . |
| 26 | In addition to the muscle-stretching circuits , the recruits tackle endurance runs of up to six and a half miles , aerobics , assault courses and the Military Swimming Test . |
| 27 | Pebbles was an outstanding racehorse , but the Breeders ' Cup bid was none the less a characteristically bold move on the part of trainer Clive Brittain , for the Turf race is over one and a half miles and she had never raced beyond ten furlongs . |
| 28 | As the maximum extraction of grape juice or must was also set at one litre of juice per one and a half kilograms of grapes , this production limit could also be expressed as 7,500 kilograms per hectare . |
| 29 | Cones tend to come in two shapes — some , either cardboard or plastic , with a pointed top and others with a gap of about one to one and a half inches at the top . |
| 30 | They were about an inch to one and a half inches in thickness and nearly two feet square . |