Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Easthall , where most of the technical in-depth analyses took place , has a population of approximately 5,000 and a housing stock of 1,000 three apartment flats . |
| 2 | basic of about eight and a half of something |
| 3 | The child , a boy of about two and a half , was unconscious and bleeding from a gash on his head . |
| 4 | I mean I 've only got some figures here up to the twenty fourth of February , and in that particular week we sold about thirteen and a half thousand U K holidays , as against the week last year of about five and a half , so we 've obviously seen a fairly major growth in U K holidays , but , as I said , we spent about a hundred thousand pounds on promotion , so we 're very pleased with the uptake of business coming in . |
| 5 | On the mantelshelf behind him there was a photograph of a pretty , smiling , dark-haired woman , a boy of about ten and a girl a few years younger . |
| 6 | Shucksmith ( 1981 ) found waiting lists of over 1,200 and a housing stock of only 2,169 in the Lake District National Park , while Phillips and Williams ( 1982a ) found a waiting list of about 1,000 and a stock of some 4,500 dwellings in South Hams , Devon . |
| 7 | We saw a ‘ pairing-up ’ ceremony , between two young people : a Japanese girl of about 15 and a boy who was slightly younger . |
| 8 | A pH of around 7–7.5 and a temperature of 82–84°s ; should also be aimed for . |
| 9 | But it is complicated and I er mean really for the average investor , unless you 're a non-taxpayer , because the in er the income from the gilts is gross , it may be worth er it may be worth a non-taxpayer holding gilts , and er getting a gross yield of maybe eight and a quarter , nine percent . |
| 10 | In this backward , square or forward short leg position he held most of his 375 catches , a startlingly high average of almost one and a half catches per match . |
| 11 | Shucksmith ( 1981 ) found waiting lists of over 1,200 and a housing stock of only 2,169 in the Lake District National Park , while Phillips and Williams ( 1982a ) found a waiting list of about 1,000 and a stock of some 4,500 dwellings in South Hams , Devon . |
| 12 | Minus one wing it was carefully moved inside with just two and a half inches clearance from the tail and the side of the building ! |
| 13 | This probably explains why menarche the age of which er menstruation begins menarche er why the age of menarche has dropped progressively in the last century from about fifteen and a half to about twelve and a half er today . |
| 14 | He probably comes across as arty and a bit careless , but it 's much worse than that . |
| 15 | I think so , just about , now put those slippers on Arthur , you 've got a cold coming now you drink it while it 's hot , that 's a good lad oh I 've put the pudding on now , so it 'll have to steam for about two hours at least two and a half |
| 16 | A third of respondents , however , blamed damage on their own clumsiness , and nine in ten admitted having spilled at least one or a combination of the following on themselves ; coffee , tea , correction fluid , tea , copier toner , water , cold drinks and glue . |