Example sentences of "[num] [conj] a [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.

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1 2 If a cough is present steam inhalations may be prescribed to help loosen secretions .
2 Thirteen and a half is a responsible age .
3 No , twenty eight and a half 's not bad .
4 Three and a half is about there .
5 You 're never alone with Club 18–30 because a Clubrep is always nearby 24 hours a day .
6 On this basis , it may be assumed that reliability estimates ought to exceed 0.7 if a test is to be regarded as providing ‘ reliable ’ scores .
7 It will be March 3 before a decision is taken by North Yorkshire County Council whether to allow 2.56 million tonnes of limestone to be extracted from the quarry .
8 Providing children eat a reasonable variety of foods they do n't really need extra vitamins but as a safeguard it 's recommended to give drops containing vitamins A , C and D from six months to two years and until the age of five if a child is fussy about what she eats .
9 ‘ 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 .
10 four for two and a go is three .
11 And Peter forty four and a half is fifth .
12 Right , B two if a train is going at a constant speed of ninety miles per hour how far will it go in two hours ?
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