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

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1 I thought , ‘ It 's the Nineties and a lot of people just do n't know what 's going on . ’
2 Have we got that here yes here 's a five and a three so we could make forty five .
3 It 's a two and a half second sequence — I 've timed it .
4 Do I just switch off the tape recorder and go back and say , ‘ Here 's a two and a half minute speech ’ ?
5 If it 's a million , if it 's a million and a half dollars it 's er three quarters of a million pounds
6 There is a one and a half mile circular nature trail around the reserve , which is definitely worth doing .
7 For the first dimension , five used were : whether executive power is concentrated ( as in the British Cabinet ) or shared ( as in the Swiss Federal Council , in which all parties are represented ) ; whether the executive dominates ( as in the UK ) , or shares power with the legislature ( as in the United States ) ; whether there is a two or a multi-party system ; whether parties are divided on one political dimension ( e.g. the typical left-right division in Great Britain ) or several ( as in The Netherlands ) ; and whether elections use plurality or proportional representation procedures .
8 For any tiny Dart of the stratigraphical column of which we are particularly fond in Our own backyard , we can almost always find somewhere else in the world where that same division is a hundred or a thousand times thicker .
9 ‘ A trusted formula for me is a 57 or a Beyer 201 , with perhaps a Neumann U87 in the room — but definitely not too close to the cab .
10 The Silurian Way is a nine and a half mile route which takes you round the central area of the forest reaching its high point at Carron Crag at 1,031ft .
11 At the moment it is a nine and a half year loan and then the pictures leave .
12 ‘ My biggest catch to date is a three and a quarter pound trout from the River Test . ’
13 ‘ Not compared with Ricky , ’ snapped Perdita , ‘ and they all think Drew 's absolutely marvellous , because he 's an eight and a Falklands hero and all .
14 Golf : There is an eighteen and a nine hole course near Kitzbuhel , and minigolf is available in the resort .
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