Example sentences of "[prep] seven and [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surveys have shown that adults sleep an average of seven and a half hours , with a standard deviation in the sample of about one hour . |
| 2 | Regarding Mahler 's own tempo , Kaplan cites a timing of seven and a half minutes written into the score that he probably used at the première , as well as the timing of seven minutes written by a player into a double-bass part used at Mahler 's last performance of the Adagietto , in St Petersburg in 1907 . |
| 3 | In determining how much can be achieved in 15 minutes , consideration is taken of the time to store/restore and the time to verify , and equal durations of seven and a half minutes are allocated to these phases . |
| 4 | And with seven and a half minutes of injury time Milton hung on to their slender lead ; final score here at Bishops Cleve was Bishops Cleve nil , Milton United one . |
| 5 | Billy Arjan Singh ( see page 47 ) , one of India 's leading conservationists and tiger authorities , estimates that , allowing for a breeding life of fifteen years , a wild tigress only rears from five to seven and a half cubs . |
| 6 | The 1908 Act currently limits the shift length for underground miners to seven and a half hours . |
| 7 | When Dick 's lads are down to seven and a half hours which they are in the erm summertime , I mean we s the lads 'll come in I mean we ca n't pull them off now , but those lads 'll come in and clean up . |
| 8 | But it was England 's batting which disappointed most of all , especially after Smith had defied the heat and humidity for seven and a half hours to make 128 and both Graeme Hick on Saturday and Alec Stewart yesterday had compiled five half-centuries . |
| 9 | At 10 o'clock when the Division bell goes , the House will have been sitting for seven and a half hours , from prayers through questions , statements and this debate . |
| 10 | Fair comment , but this week she was on holiday , did n't stop her and going and leaving them poor dogs in there barking their heads off and crying , for seven and a half hours did it ? |
| 11 | Turnover grew to £2962 million ( 1988 £1973 million ) of which NEI contributed £602 million for seven and a half months . |