Example sentences of "to a [adj] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the 1950s , £16 billion has been spent on nuclear research and development , which is equivalent to a one and a quarter pence tax on each unit of nuclear electricity produced over the years . |
| 2 | And after Cardinal Red carried him to a two and a half length win over Gaelstrom in the Belle Epoque Sefton Novices Hurdle , de Haan said : ‘ That has set me up perfectly for the National . |
| 3 | HP envisages an on-site upgrade path that requires only a processor swap going , for example , from a 40 to a 50 and a chassis upgrade going from , an F to a G. The F class which HP has poised against Sun reportedly starts at 36 tpsA ; the next performance point is 61 tpcA , available as an F or H , then 88 TPS , followed by 110 tpsA topping out at 184 tpsA . |
| 4 | Stable jockey John Carroll partnered both winners , making all the running in each case , bringing Soba Guest home five lengths clear in the Whirlies Selling Stakes and ushering Anusha to a three and a half length victory in the Auchingramont Maiden Stakes . |
| 5 | Having slugged it out with Rufus in the Bowmer & Kirkland Novices ' Chase , the lead swapping several times , he survived a blunder at the second last to power his way to a three and a half length victory . |
| 6 | If a proper return is not so delivered the company is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine and a daily default fine so long as the contravention continues . |
| 7 | Instead , a red quark has to be joined to a green and a blue quark by a " string " of gluons ( red + green + blue white ) . |
| 8 | Orwell and Waugh , older by a generation , belonged to an earlier and a sparer tradition . |