Example sentences of "be [art] [num] [conj] a " 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 | By 2.00 though the pains were every one and a half minutes and I was only 2cms dilated. was sitting eating sandwiches and I was starving hungry . |
| 5 | I thought , ‘ It 's the Nineties and a lot of people just do n't know what 's going on . ’ |
| 6 | Have we got that here yes here 's a five and a three so we could make forty five . |
| 7 | It 's a two and a half second sequence — I 've timed it . |
| 8 | Do I just switch off the tape recorder and go back and say , ‘ Here 's a two and a half minute speech ’ ? |
| 9 | If it 's a million , if it 's a million and a half dollars it 's er three quarters of a million pounds |
| 10 | There is a one and a half mile circular nature trail around the reserve , which is definitely worth doing . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | At the moment it is a nine and a half year loan and then the pictures leave . |
| 16 | ‘ My biggest catch to date is a three and a quarter pound trout from the River Test . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | Golf : There is an eighteen and a nine hole course near Kitzbuhel , and minigolf is available in the resort . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And I 'll have to get a two look , cos she was a thirteen and a half so I bought a one . |