Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun sg] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been only the Empress and a Court clique who desired war , things might have turned out differently , but given the wave of bellicosity which swept the entire nation , it would have required a miracle to produce a peaceful end to the crisis . |
| 2 | Our breath is moist and our sweat evaporates ; one person ‘ produces ’ a quarter of a litre of water during eight hours of sleep , and as much a litre and a half during an active day . |
| 3 | He pulled up his roots a second time and moved to another new land , Germany , where during the twelve years that were left to him he accomplished a ‘ ballet miracle ’ , building not merely a repertory and a company in Stuttgart , but a whole new public attitude that affected other theatres throughout the country . |
| 4 | She had stayed in the cellar for what she thought was about three days and then realised that she had n't felt the vibration of gunfire for some time , perhaps a day and a night . |
| 5 | They had been perhaps a mile and a half off the river mouth when the hurricane hit . |
| 6 | ‘ I see it as culminating in an annual event , perhaps a convention and a festival which would tie in with other events like Africa Oye . |
| 7 | ‘ Follow the hens with a goat , or perhaps a cow and a pig or two — ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I would like a fun format with perhaps a photo and a letter from various children with their favourite recipes . |
| 9 | She left without a murmur although she had only a year and a half to go to complete her secondary education . |
| 10 | To be able to produce such a variety , with only a microwave and a supply of hot water , was little short of miraculous . |
| 11 | I used the time by moving from the Temple to Peel Square — not a formidable job , for it required only a suitcase and a taxi . |
| 12 | They caved in ; I mean it was only a sister and a niece , and they 'd both been provided for during his lifetime and the niece got a couple of hundred thou in his will . |
| 13 | Only a judge and a jury can make him guilty . |
| 14 | He wrote in his book , The Art of Birdwatching , ‘ For those who practise it , bird watching is not only a sport and a science , but also something near a religion , and after all its externals have been inventoried , the essence remains — incommunicable . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We 've only a yard and a bit out the front . |
| 16 | In the past , and sometimes even in the present , bad environmental management of rivers has been only a part and a symptom of bad man-management . |
| 17 | It 's only a hop and a skip from the Viaduct , and they have a good selection of the latest fashions . ’ |
| 18 | But he was only a mile and a half from Little Knoll . |
| 19 | Of their six children only a son and a daughter survived . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , such was Bulaxie 's finishing drive that she eventually finished third , beaten only a neck and a short-head . |
| 21 | have the er figures in front of you of our progress during the last twelve months you will no doubt see that we are in a very nice financial position er only a pound and a penny off that magic thousand pound in in the club now . |
| 22 | ‘ Stefano reckons he sacrificed his own life for his daughter 's career but he was only a waiter and a boxer and stuntman before that . |
| 23 | Most classes last for an hour or perhaps an hour and a half . |
| 24 | The traffic along Western Avenue had been quiet , and it was only an hour and a quarter after leaving Oxford that Lewis was speaking to the Night Sister on the third floor of the hospital , a neat , competent-looking brunette who appeared rather more concerned about the unprecedented police interest in matters than in the medical condition of her most recent road-casualty , now lying behind a curtained bed in Harley Ward . |
| 25 | It 's only an hour and a half up the M6 . |
| 26 | Sticking up into the Gulf of Mexico like a thumb , Yucatan points towards Miami and New Orleans , each only an hour and a half from Merida by air . |
| 27 | Buses connect Finikounda with the nearby towns of Pylos , Methoni and Koroni , and the city of Kalamata is only an hour and a half distant . |
| 28 | ‘ He has maintained his innocence throughout and has been fully vindicated by a jury who took only an hour and a half to find him not guilty . |
| 29 | We munched and slept for what seemed like hours , but was in reality only an hour and a half , becoming increasing uncomfortable . |
| 30 | With only an arm and a leg , she crab-crawled across the deck . |