Example sentences of "[noun pl] or [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | A brisk walk , say 20 minutes or half an hour , 3 times a week will do wonders for your circulation . |
2 | It says it could be thirty minutes or half an hour on that one . |
3 | The main question is who will pay for the clean-up : farmers or all the state 's taxpayers ? |
4 | Thinking about food between meals , after meals or all the time predisposes snacking behaviour and overeating . |
5 | For instance , the use of cannabis by the young is far more likely to be branded as ‘ drug-taking'/'drug addiction ’ and hence a ‘ social problem ’ than is the consumption of thirty cigarettes a day by adults or half a bottle of brandy by middle-class businessmen . |
6 | One unit is a glass of wine , a measure of spirits or half a pint of beer . |
7 | However , he does not have this negative interpretation of all events or all the time — otherwise he would be permanently depressed . |