Example sentences of "[adj] and a [noun] is " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes the original number of volumes is found to be inconvenient and a work is compressed , and so that we can get ‘ four volumes in two ’ , ‘ eight volumes in four ’ , etc . |
2 | Although it will be some considerable time before it is fully catalogued , all the material is accessible and a record is being maintained of the areas most in demand ; cataloguing priorities are being established accordingly . |
3 | ‘ Thirteen and a half is a responsible age . |
4 | The company , as anticipated , is profitable and a dividend is paid into the trust . |
5 | THE offer for shares in long distance coach giant National Express is twice over-subscribed and a premium is on the cards when dealings start next Thursday . |
6 | You may find that some beaches are private and a charge is made , but wherever possible we have included any beach charges in the price of your holiday ( see p.225 ) . |
7 | Three and a half is about there . |
8 | Eventually they become saturated and a clean-down is the only answer . |
9 | Police said a report had been prepared for the procurator-fiscal and a man is expected to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Monday . |
10 | ‘ On this new album there 's one huge track called The Lighthouse , which a lot of people have heard because I 've been playing it on stage — an hour out of two and a half is this album . |
11 | Erm fifteen two and a pair is four . |
12 | four for two and a go is three . |
13 | In the case of a company delivery is still necessary and a document is presumed to have been delivered on its execution unless the contrary is proved . |
14 | Fifteen two fifteen four and a pair is six . |
15 | Got a got a pair of twos there ee by heck ! for four and a pair is six well I think I 'll have I 'm afraid two eights , two o , two eights , two tens and then nine did n't ask for that but I had to throw a pair of twos away for that and go in there you go . |
16 | And Peter forty four and a half is fifth . |