Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perfectly possible to communicate with little or no such similarity or else children would never learn their native tongue . |
| 2 | With the former rental is set up at such a rate that the full cost of the equipment is recovered plus a return , whilst with the latter the contract is shorter and the same equipment may be leased to a number of lessees . |
| 3 | For nearly 3 years they 've made the 2 and a half mile trip from their temporary classrooms back to their homes . |
| 4 | The operation follows an armed robbery at a village post post office near Reading and a 2 and a half hour police chase during which an inspector was shot at . |
| 5 | Having looked at my passport , the Gendarme made a telephone call during which he turned to look at me , spelling out my name and saying that I was English and a former paratrooper . |
| 6 | This may be linked to : ( a ) structures of the subject being taught ; ( b ) progression in the number of components of the subject pupils may be expected to have learned in the course of their instruction ; ( c ) the degree of difficulty of typical test items ; ( d ) sequences which correspond to the teaching approaches of the designers of a graded assessment scheme ; 4 all of the items in a test are at a similar or the same level of difficulty ; 5 tests are intended to be taken only when pupils are ready for them ; 6 performance on tests is described in terms of " pass ' and " fail " , rather than a mark or grade . |
| 7 | A comparison between the third quarter of 1991 and the same period a year earlier , an increase of 44 per cent , shows signs of a slackening in recessionary pressures : between the third quarters of 1989 and 1990 , there was a 64 per cent increase . |
| 8 | By 1920 , 7 million workers had gained an average six and a half hour reduction in the working week — the equivalent , almost , of what we now see as a full day 's work . |
| 9 | But if , if , if Alwyn makes his normal contribution during his thirty six and a half hour week |
| 10 | The association between Cryptosporidium , chronic diarrhoea and a proximal small intestinal mucosal enteropathy was reviewed over a six and a half year period . |
| 11 | The time taken by the cyclist for the six and a half mile journey from Currie to the City Chambers was thirty minutes , making an average speed of 13 mph . |
| 12 | They each completed a six and a half mile circuit — in aid of Centrepoint , the charity which helps London 's homeless . |
| 13 | The suffering of God is not eternal and infinite ; it is human and limited and the same kind of suffering as that of Auschwitz or of cerebral meningitis . |
| 14 | What number would go into fifty and the same number go into a hundred and fifty ? |
| 15 | 3 Walk part of the Pennine Way on a eight and a half mile circular walk , north of Calder . |
| 16 | Lord Aldington , 75 and a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party , is an ex-chairman of the Sun Alliance Insurance Group . |
| 17 | Sexual acts outside marriage are wrong , whether between those of opposite or the same sex . |
| 18 | Precedent has been laid down that cause for separation lies where a spouse resorts to " unnatural practices " with a third party and , perhaps , where a spouse submits to " indecent liberties " by a person of the opposite or the same sex ( Mogg v. |
| 19 | He had a win/loss record of 76/17 and the fewest number of 1st round loses of any other player in 1991 , ( one , in 20 tournaments entered ) . |
| 20 | The Lord 's death was a unique and a once-for-all event . |
| 21 | Well I do n't know , but it , it is a long way down , people who do n't know Lord 's , you have to come down from , er and er perhaps they 're not quite ready , but it is there must have taken , I do n't , next time perhaps put the clock on it , but this must be a three minute or three and a half minute . |
| 22 | Met at airport , change money , three and a half hour drive in the cool morning to Yalikavak . |
| 23 | ‘ In my lunch hour I run a three and a half mile circuit of the village where I work . |
| 24 | In only its third year of operating the three and a half mile branch between Bodmin General and Bodmin Parkway , the B & W has established itself as a major leisure attraction and is building a reputation as one of the more progressive preserved railways in the country . |
| 25 | The three and a half mile line running between Hammersmith and Riddings Junction with intermediate stations at Butterley and Swanwick Junction was originally opened in 1875 and acquired by the Midland at a later date . |
| 26 | Piloted by BC 's own GEC Stephenson diesel shunter , the 1950's built tank heaved 16 wagon-long loaded trains down their three and a half mile long mineral line under the M6 Motorway to exchange sidings with British Rail . |
| 27 | The boiler is 120lbs per square inch pressure with two cylinders of three and a half inch diameter , four and a quarter stroke working on driving wheels which are ten inch . |
| 28 | However , the three and a half inch works out more expensive . |
| 29 | The three and a half inch is as I said it 's approximately |
| 30 | The Apothecaries looked no further ; they approached Charles Cheyne , a Chelsea landowner of some substance , who agreed , in 1673 , to let the Society a three and a half acre plot at a rent of £5 per annum . |