Example sentences of "and a half or " in BNC.
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| 1 | The standard charge is set by the local council , and can be zero , one half , equal to , one and a half or twice the cost of the personal community charge in the area . |
| 2 | There was no union to be consulted , no time and a half or double time to be considered . |
| 3 | If you are using Fisherman 's rib or tuck stitch , the fabric will stretch widthways when removed from the machine , so you will need to increase the stitch by one and a half or two numbers to prevent a tight cast off . |
| 4 | Just a couple of miles from San Gimignano on the road to Certaldo , a turning on the left leads on amidst fields , olive groves and vineyards for a further mile and a half or so to the tiny hamlet of Pancole . |
| 5 | ‘ They will arrive at twelve and stay probably for an hour and a half or so . |
| 6 | In Paris he found that the lecturers did not as in Edinburgh confine themselves to one hour , but generally took an hour and a half or two hours ; but he found his time there very valuable . |
| 7 | Since the conferences lasted an hour and a half or longer and some of his individual answers took twenty-five minutes to deliver , this was a prodigious effort . |
| 8 | Five , six and seven year olds are perfectly capable of working on drama for an hour and a half or more at a time , but they need very clear tasks , strong images and narratives which are intriguing and above all dramatic . |
| 9 | It was a very low-budget British picture , shot at Pinewood studios in black and white and sought to do little more than provide an entertaining hour and a half or so , with a topic to which a great many people could relate — National Service . |
| 10 | It 's it 's the same procedure that we accepted at the Finance Committee last Friday , and in mentioning it and hoping it will be acceptance that Longman 's can have the benefit of the Personnel 's sub-committee contribution for the next hour and a half or so . |
| 11 | Ah sorry yeah so the fif the the five percent or the fifteen point seven and a half or whatever it is |
| 12 | You know they , they ran , they took the nurses , because the nurses home was a mile or , was it a mile or a mile and a half or something from the hospital , they had this , they took them in the morning and then they took them at lunchtime and then all the different shifts coming on and off they took them , and they had the schools run as well . |
| 13 | From ninety four and a half or something . |
| 14 | er they only pay sort of one and a half or twice that 's the , that 's the purpose of the Tories |
| 15 | No wait a minute , three sites you 're talking about a week and a half or something are n't we ? |
| 16 | Yes , two day a day and a half or something , two days ? |
| 17 | four and a half or an over |
| 18 | Got to the other end and I think we were unloading in about an hour and a half or so . |
| 19 | or one and a quarter or one and a half or whatever |
| 20 | now if I tape for about an hour and a half or an hour and then rewind it , it 'll go |