Example sentences of "[noun sg] [num] and a " in BNC.

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1 The textbase STATLT holding the statutes for England has been developed and refined in a series of projects since 1980 and at the start of the project described here already provided a very detailed definition of the data structure [ 1 ] , full text-searching facilities , symbolic addressing in the manner of Figure 2 and a multi-valued attribute marg-note-xref in each text unit to record cross-references made to other parts of the text [ 23 ] .
2 In agreement with this idea several groups have recently shown that this site does indeed represent a functional binding site for octamer binding proteins ( 12–14 ) and we have demonstrated that it can bind both the constitutively expressed octamer binding protein Oct-1 and a novel octamer binding protein expressed in cervical cells ( 15 ) .
3 Data General 's first use of the 88110 will be in a workstation , followed by 200 to 400 MIPS-rated mid-range AViiON systems in spring 1993 and an 800 MIPS-rated rack-mount machine by the end of next year .
4 For the next six hours — or a little less , because at Battersea the flood lasts five and a half hours , and the ebb six and a half — they would be living not on land , but on water .
5 These complications are illustrated in Figure 5.1 and an example of variance spectra also conjectured by Church ( 1980 ) is also illustrated in Figure 5.1 and introduces a theme which will be resumed in chapter 8 ( p.161 ) .
6 He died suddenly of another massive stroke three and a half years after his original illness .
7 The oligonucleotide ML1 represents the first 48 nt of the coding strand of the 5' U3 region of HIV-1 with three nt altered ( underlined ) in order to introduce two restriction digestion sites such that the oligonucleotide contains an Hae III , an Ava II and an EcoRV site as indicated
8 As secret agent 006 and a half your mission is to parachute down to a high security island and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon .
9 They 've saved my club four and a half thousand pound a year .
10 She wants to do more of it , though she is too old at 27 and too short ( five foot six and a half ) for catwalks .
11 Just about the time that Dougie started er building substantially in the town and doubled to population to its present six and a half thousand or so .
12 The Poor Law was the most comprehensive official source for the relief of poverty , administered in England and Wales as laid down by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and a succession of later amendments , in Scotland and Ireland according to different statutes and rather different principles .
13 In 1985 , Hoffman J. , in dealing with a case concerning an order under the Bankers ' Books Evidence Act 1879 and a subpoena duces tecum , distinguished cases of discovery by ‘ ordinary parties to English litigation who happen to be foreigners ’ .
14 An execution is deemed completed by the sale of the goods seized or by the making of a charging order under s 1 of the Charging Orders Act 1979 and an attachment of debt is completed by the payment of the debt ( s 346(5) ) .
15 Boy thirteen and a girl eleven .
16 That memorable Champion Chase clash with Remittance Man saw Katabatic beaten a length , with Waterloo Boy three and a half lengths back in third .
17 The ‘ oil crisis ’ of winter 1973–4 and an international crash in the summer of 1974 brought the golden years to an abrupt and painful halt .
18 We 're midway through Act II and a solitary six-pack has yet to hove into view .
19 Two other cuts made before the Paris premiere in 1867 are also restored at the Coliseum : part of a scene between Carlos and Rodrigo ( Marquis of Posa ) in Act II and a splendid passage between King Philip and his son Carlos which found its way into his Requiem in 1873 .
20 You 're talking about a house on plot one and a bungalow , or chalet bungalow on plot two ?
21 artwork one and a half times the size which it will be reproduced .
22 No wonder five and a half million people ca n't sleep .
23 ( 3 ) In relation to building control , the certificate from the appropriate authority ( a ) in the case of an application for a new licence , should state ( i ) either that a warrant for the construction of the premises has been granted under section 6 of the Building ( Scotland ) Act 1959 and a certificate of completion has been granted under section 9 of that Act , or that no warrant for construction of the premises is required ; and ( ii ) either that a warrant for the change of use of the premises has been granted under the said section 6 or that no such warrant is required ; and ( b ) in the case of an application for the provisional grant of a licence , should state ( i ) that a warrant for the construction of the premises has been granted under section 6 of the said Act of 1959 ; and ( ii ) either that a warrant for the change of use of the premises has been granted under the said section 6 , or that on completion of the construction of the premises in accordance with the warrant a warrant for the change of use will be granted , or that no such warrant is required .
24 Mike Cooke took up the sport two and a half years ago .
25 The legislation goes hand in hand with the Food Safety Act 1990 and a major concern for caterers is the requirement to prove due diligence .
26 By a notice of appeal dated 25 November 1991 , and pursuant to the grant of leave to appeal out of time , the plaintiff appealed on the grounds that the judge erred in law in holding that ( 1 ) the defendant was at 24 December 1989 a residential occupier within the meaning of section 27 of the Housing Act 1988 and a statutory tenant within section 2 of the Rent Act 1977 ; and ( 2 ) once a possession order had been obtained against a statutory tenant it was necessary for the landlord to obtain a warrant of possession .
27 He was chairman of the National Farmers ' Union branch , 1987–89 , chairman of the NFU county cereals and livestock committee 1986–88 and a representative in London and Brussels .
28 There is a crescendo at the end of bar and another during bar seven and a diminuendo in bar eight .
29 Erm , five foot three and a half .
30 Unfortunately there have rarely been precise identifications although two are stated to be of Middle Eastern origin , the Cypraea Arabica from Sarre grave 238 and a tiger cowrie from Haslingfield ( Cambridgeshire ) , whose source is the Red Sea .
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