Example sentences of "for a [adj] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food imported for a million and a half people . |
| 2 | Here is the source of the cunning factor and Kent are unashamed — indeed almost gleeful — in their avowed intention to take full advantage of the Lord 's dispensation that , in order to encourage slow bowling , the same pitch may be used for a one-day and a championship match . |
| 3 | It provided for a Supreme and a Constitutional Court , a High Court of Justice , an Economic and Social Council and a National Assembly elected under a multiparty system . |
| 4 | In 1980 the Academic , College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) Board of Directors in the USA approved funding for a two and a half year project to provide information concerning academic librarianship to organizations and individuals involved with higher education through the development of channels of communication with professional and higher education associations . |
| 5 | Romany King is five pounds better off than last year for a two and a half length beating and is now ridden by Adrian Maguire , one of the most talented young jockeys on the circuit . |
| 6 | At the beginning of August he left for a two and a half months ' rest at sequestered Welsh and English houses . |
| 7 | His gratitude to the Conservative government in reducing his tax burden was repaid in 1987 , when he composed the theme music for a two and a half-minute video film for Mrs Thatcher 's election campaign . |
| 8 | It 's heading for a two and a half million pound overspend while having to deal with more than nine thousand repairs . |
| 9 | Should he get back into Oxford and try for a First and a Rugby Blue ? |
| 10 | This includes a minimum wage for a five and a half day week , and daily and hourly rates for part-time workers , maternity rights , annual leave and sick leave , payslips and proper contracts of employment . |
| 11 | Costs for a five and a half-day week are therefore £37,125 or £1,930,500 per year . |
| 12 | A second airport terminal was opened in 1990 and there are plans to reclaim more land for a third and a fourth . |
| 13 | Did we go I er I 'm now I 'm pretty sure we went home for a seven and a half hour day in twenty one , pretty sure that 's what one of the things that we did . |
| 14 | Most of all , I would worry if they sought Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 to demonstrate their solidarity with a man in a spot of bother by giving him a present perhaps a watch inscribed ‘ do n't let the buggers get you down ’ after all , it appears to be a coded message that it 's time for an early and a swift departure . ’ |
| 15 | Most of all , I would worry if they sought Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 to demonstrate their solidarity with a man in a spot of bother by giving him a present perhaps a watch inscribed ‘ do n't let the buggers get you down ’ after all , it appears to be a coded message that it 's time for an early and a swift departure . ’ |
| 16 | How difficult for an imaginative and a sensitive child . |