Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [indef pn] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white one and a a |
| 2 | They found that much of the large negative basis in the first one and a half hours of trading was due to the use of stale prices from Friday 16 October in computing the index . |
| 3 | Of the approximate one and a half thousand pounds from the sale of the Volvo , minus expenses , that he regarded legitimately as his , added to the four thousand in he and Zoe 's joint account , there remained one hundred and seventy pounds . |
| 4 | The red one and a green one . |
| 5 | Compassion for the victims of this sick Tory society compassion for the millions of people who have no work compassion for the victims of racists and racisms compassion for the victims of the public service cuts , whether it be the miserable one and a half percent pay offers compulsory competitive tendering job cuts , low pay , the pensioners , the elderly , the sick , the child , the list is never ending . |
| 6 | In a statement issued in Bonn , he stressed ‘ the importance that Western countries lend to the continuation of the reform process that President Yeltsin has represented for the past one and a half years ’ . |
| 7 | Between them they expressed the opposing feelings so often displayed by young children in the peak age of attachment : on the one hand , the protest and fury about being left — cries of rage — and then a sullen refusal to acknowledge and come to the mother ; on the other hand , the desperate yearning for the loved one and a need to cling and not let go . |
| 8 | However at 2100 air attacks on the departing Fleet and convoy began and lasted for the next one and a half hours — torpedo-bombers attempted to attack down moon but were greeted by intense A.A. fire and were forced to turn away . |
| 9 | All around there is a buzz of nervous tension as everyone present prepares for the next one and a quarter hour 's worth of pure adrenalin flow . |
| 10 | The traumatic experiences the men had already been through — the drama of the inrush of slurry , the knowledge that they were entombed , the foul air they had lived in for two days , and the threat of the gathering gas — meant that the half-mile walk wearing apparatus , and a further one and a half miles to the surface , would be a severe test of their remaining stamina and resolve . |
| 11 | You know once you 're on that system you 've got to have a light one and a heavy one |
| 12 | A swing of a mere one and a half per cent would win the seat for Liberal Democrat Gwynoro Jones who was Labour MP in the early seventies . |
| 13 | Weights then dropped and a mere one and a half ounces separated the next three anglers as Middlesbrough Newman Scott 's Alan Webb edged into runner-up position landing a mainly skimmer bream net of 3.3.8 to feeder and maggot off the grassy bank . |
| 14 | The process of counting is a proficient one and a sufficient number of results are usually announced within a few hours of the close of the polls to know which party has won the election . |
| 15 | Yes , All do tour a lot and still manage to put out records regularly , but what does he mean when he says that they ‘ have just two songs : a fast one and a slightly slower one ’ ? |
| 16 | Yes , All do tour a lot and still manage to put out records regularly , but what does he mean when he says that they ‘ have just two songs : a fast one and a slightly slower one ’ ? |
| 17 | It 's only a problem for UK subscribers , most of whom automatically have a choice of 2 From : addresses — a long one and a short one . |
| 18 | There are two forms of most UK mail addresses , a long one and a short one . |
| 19 | The 500C has two ink cartridges permanently installed ; a black one and a tri-colour one , containing cyan , yellow and magenta inks . |
| 20 | There 's a black one and a special one . |
| 21 | Gluing is not so much a skilled job as a responsible one and a large number of mistakes are available to a determined man , all of which can have dangerous results . |
| 22 | As a matter of fact I knew an old couple that ran a , had a nursery school there , a big one and a very successful one . |
| 23 | Is he a big one and a canary ? |
| 24 | Er a single one and a flanged on as a a pair a matched pair . |
| 25 | He revealed that the reason for the subsidence was the presence of an underground pool where two dragons lived , a red one and a white one . |
| 26 | Lee ( 4.8 ) : My daddy has two vans , a blue one and a yellow one . |
| 27 | I came to in a dentist-type chair , surrounded by Charlie 's Angels — a pink one , a blue one and a green one . |
| 28 | The word ’ bank ’ would have a number of sense definitions , including a financial one and a geographical one . |
| 29 | A new one and a half million pound incinerator for burning hospital waste has been switched on . |
| 30 | I do n't know where he was , he 's got a cheap one and a |