Example sentences of "be a [num] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | As I said it could be a thirty or a sixty minute job . |
2 | This year , for the first time , there will be a one and a half-day open seminar preceding CentCom , with the aim of raising WACC 's profile in North America . |
3 | ‘ He ought to be a twelve or a thirteen , he 's so good . |
4 | Have we got that here yes here 's a five and a three so we could make forty five . |
5 | That 's a one and an O. |
6 | It 's a two and a half second sequence — I 've timed it . |
7 | Do I just switch off the tape recorder and go back and say , ‘ Here 's a two and a half minute speech ’ ? |
8 | If it 's a million , if it 's a million and a half dollars it 's er three quarters of a million pounds |
9 | There is a one and a half mile circular nature trail around the reserve , which is definitely worth doing . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | At the moment it is a nine and a half year loan and then the pictures leave . |
15 | ‘ My biggest catch to date is a three and a quarter pound trout from the River Test . ’ |
16 | erm I could mention the recreation budget , because I think you talked about recreation ; in about nineteen eighty the recreation budget was a million and a half , it 's now six and a half million plus . |
17 | And I 'll have to get a two look , cos she was a thirteen and a half so I bought a one . |