Example sentences of "under [num] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That means that two-thirds of the population can be expected to sleep between six and a half and eight and a half hours a night , about 16 per cent regularly sleep over eight and a half hours , and another 16 per cent sleep under six and a half hours . |
| 2 | It is equally an offence to administer drugs to a woman for a similar purpose or to procure a girl under 21 or a defective to have sexual intercourse with a third party in any part of the world . |
| 3 | Nearly half were single people , of whom more than half were aged under 25 and a fifth under 18 . |
| 4 | Thus , it would become an offence for a person of either sex to abduct a boy or girl under 16 or a severely mentally handicapped person of either sex with intent to have unlawful sexual intercourse or take part in an act of gross indecency . |
| 5 | Already one running champion had been crowned , the diminutive Portuguese Rosa Mota , winner of the women 's marathon in just under two and a half hours . |
| 6 | Just under two and a half acres of land untouched for centuries is at stake . |
| 7 | Indeed , nearly one in five of all temporary workers are under 20 and a quarter of all teenagers in the labour force work on a temporary basis . |