Example sentences of "[art] [num] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite sore feet and blisters , they completed the 26 and a bit miles to raise thousands of pounds for charity . |
| 2 | It is certainly true that one strand at least in a Northumbrian view of the past seems to have thought of Nechtanesmere as destroying the position of military dominance originally achieved by Eadwine in the first half of the seventh century ( HE II , 5 ) , whereas Eadwine 's ascendancy over the Britons in Wales had disappeared by the mid-630s and an overlordship of the southern English kingdoms , restored only temporarily in the late 650s , was lost long before 685 ( see above , p. 85 ) . |
| 3 | Coke died in the 1840s and a monument was erected to him at Holkham , guarded by a cudding Devon cow carved in stone . |
| 4 | A. V. Dicey 's Law and Public Opinion in England , first published in 1905 with a second edition in 1914 , was a distinguished lawyer 's analysis of the growth of ‘ state collectivisim ’ since the 1870s and a warning ( more insistent in the 1914 edition , after the Liberal reforms ) that these developments were incompatible with democracy . |
| 5 | The sacrifice of TWW and the merger of ABC and Rediffusion into Thames were acts of some courage and panache , in which the ebullient personality of ITA chairman , Lord Hill , a former broadcasting star as the Radio Doctor in the 1940s and a cabinet minister under Harold Macmillan , were an important factor . |
| 6 | The sixteen and a half foot long great white shark matched the description of one that killed diver John Ford on Wednesday off the resort town of Byron |
| 7 | The other three parties to contest the 1989 elections were the SWAPO-Democrats ( SWAPO-D , founded by SWAPO dissidents in the 1970s and a participant from 1985 in the transitional government , Andreas Shipanga , l. ; on Aug. 13 SWAPO-D announced that it would disband and join the NPF ) ; Christian Democratic Action ( CDA , Rev. Peter Kalangula , l. ) ; and the Namibia National Democratic Party ( NNDP , Paul Helmuth , l . ) . |
| 8 | Although Germany had steel mills as early as the 1780s and a railway line by 1847 , it was still able to learn from the mistakes and avoid the dead-ends of its competitor neighbours . |
| 9 | So even at ten and a half percent rejection , if you look at the latest figures , it costs you thirty pounds a month for an Eagle Star low-cost super super-duper endowment , but at the end you 're only going to replace your money , if you 've got erm the ten and a half growth rate , ten and a half percent , which is unlikely i in current circumstances . |
| 10 | It led , tentatively at first , to High Tech with its borrowings from industrial functionalism ; continued with forays into Revived Deco , the fifties and a nod towards Japan , all eventually combining in an apparently homogeneous contemporaneity . |
| 11 | But if potential risk-takers are assured that success will immediately invite investigation by the MMC and an order to cut prices and eliminate excess profits , there will be less risk-taking in the economy . |
| 12 | Two fine 18th century dolls are at the centre of the notable doll collection , and there are also dolls ' houses from the 19th century and the 1920s and a model of a German kitchen . |
| 13 | Run by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society the five and a quarter mile line came into being after the search for a branch line home elsewhere in Scotland had failed to bring success . |
| 14 | He also seems to have donated his belt and hose , as a twelfth-century account of their treasures lists a girdle made from the one and an alb decorated with gold thread from the other . |
| 15 | Good play from Wilson at the 15 and a birdie 3 at the 16 brought the match all square once again . |
| 16 | I own a 109 Safari and it is ex-military with the two and a quarter petrol engine . |
| 17 | When I start the two and a quarter petrol engine in my IIA 109 from cold , a cloud of light grey smoke is emitted from the exhaust when the engine first fires up . |
| 18 | The two and a quarter petrol engine on my Series III 1983 SWB has recently developed a noticeable ‘ tapping ’ noise , but only when running cold or under load , e.g. towing or climbing a hill . |
| 19 | But there was to be no repeat performance as the 2-5 favourite failed to sparkle in the two and a quarter mile Haldon Gold Cup . |
| 20 | In the introduction to a book on Man and Environmental Processes ( Gregory and Walling , 1979 ) the pointers available were resolved into a century of milestones ( to 1960 ) , a decade of papers in the 1960s and a decade of readings in the 1970s . |
| 21 | U-2 spy planes monitored civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s and an elite army Green Beret unit was in Memphis when King was shot and killed . |
| 22 | I thought , ‘ It 's the Nineties and a lot of people just do n't know what 's going on . ’ |
| 23 | Historians are certain to acknowledge that she dominated the political landscape of the 1980s and a number of her policies will leave a mark in post-Thatcher Britain . |
| 24 | It was a symptom or symbol of the 1980s and a lesson for the 1990s of collusion between Government and irresponsible elements who have done much to give the tobacco industry a bad name . |
| 25 | A bit of a late starter at Crystal Palace , Wright has scored nearly 160 goals in the seven and a bit seasons since . |
| 26 | If you 're doing twenty in a forty and a copper comes along and pulls both of you , it 's gon na be you that gets fucking done , not him ! |
| 27 | I had my problem hamstring and knew that I had n't had the necessary training to run a 200 metres after a 100 and a relay . |
| 28 | Lamb rampaged to 50 with a six and a pull for four in the same Su'a over . |
| 29 | ‘ My biggest catch to date is a three and a quarter pound trout from the River Test . ’ |
| 30 | Stable jockey John Carroll partnered both winners , making all the running in each case , bringing Soba Guest home five lengths clear in the Whirlies Selling Stakes and ushering Anusha to a three and a half length victory in the Auchingramont Maiden Stakes . |