Example sentences of "and a [det] [noun pl] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheila has lost three and a half pounds this week . |
| 2 | It takes two and a half hours each way . |
| 3 | Travel takes two and a half hours each way . |
| 4 | It would entail a coach trip of about two and a half hours each way . |
| 5 | A person 25 per cent over their normal weight range has a two and a half times greater chance of having a heart attack , hypertension , or a stroke . |
| 6 | Public spending in the USA is higher than in the UK ; the US spends nearly one and a half times that amount in addition on private medical benefits , yet health outcomes in the two countries are broadly comparable . |
| 7 | The course follows the American precedent , with two and a half days each week allocated to in-house tuition , augmented by home study , and governed by an acronym which becomes fixed in the minds of all students : DPR , or , Daily Practise Routines . |
| 8 | Few would deny the convenience for shoppers of large numbers of local stores with long opening hours on six and a half days each week , but there is no doubt that consumers pay for the convenience . |
| 9 | I took maternity leave in October 1986 and came back to work part-time in July 1987 working two and a half days each week . |
| 10 | Hazel stamped , and a few moments later Dandelion was beside him in the bracken . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the rug market can be extremely volatile , and a few months either way can make a significant difference to prices . |