Example sentences of "for a [adj] [conj] 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 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At the beginning of August he left for a two and a half months ' rest at sequestered Welsh and English houses . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It 's heading for a two and a half million pound overspend while having to deal with more than nine thousand repairs . |
| 10 | Should he get back into Oxford and try for a First and a Rugby Blue ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Costs for a five and a half-day week are therefore £37,125 or £1,930,500 per year . |
| 13 | A legal estate is the right to possess land for a determinate or an indefinite period of time . |
| 14 | A second airport terminal was opened in 1990 and there are plans to reclaim more land for a third and a fourth . |
| 15 | ‘ Put into the language of today , the general principle being there stated is simply that , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied that the courts must give effect to it , United Kingdom legislation is applicable only to British subjects or to foreigners who by coming to the United Kingdom , whether for a short or a long time , have made themselves subject to British jurisdiction . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | That 's what I said , to do that and hope for a three or a six or another five or a king . |