Example sentences of "the [adj] [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to this lump sum the annual half a million pound allowance will be paid to the Duchess by the Queen partly to ensure that she is never tempted to publish memoirs or talk about her failed marriage . |
| 2 | Though Pitt was always sceptical about the likelihood of an invasion he clearly thought the extra half a million a year it cost to keep the militia under arms was money well spent . |
| 3 | To create for the lucky few a special fragrance , a perfume as individual as we are ourselves . |
| 4 | To allow VIP 's , press and cameramen a view , a double line of ropes had been erected in certain areas to allow the chosen few a front row . |
| 5 | Essential will serve and support the existing half a dozen or so dealers , VARs and system integrators that already offer BBC 's software in the UK . |
| 6 | The first the first half a year that I was Holland I I do n't think I was away for a holiday , but then the the next Summer then I was away . |
| 7 | Cos I 've been silly in the past , I 've told Evelyn lots of times and we had a new machine , a rapid na nailer , it er nailed er army sho er soles onto the at five hun it used to do three hundred and fifty nails a minute and we m made one just for I er went out on the road , er to five hundred a minute you see , and er we were building the first half a dozen and er er there 's two pawls at the back of the machine |
| 8 | Many of the ordinary Panamanians who gave the general such a stinging defeat in May 's annulled elections were astonished that the US allowed the coup to collapse when it had 12,000 troops stationed around the canal . |
| 9 | It follows that all eggs contain an X chromosome , but when spermatozoa are formed , the X separates from the Y , with the result that half the sperm contain an X , and the other half a Y chromosome . |
| 10 | Apart from having to compete with the other half a dozen or so suppliers like Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Sun , USL has no real marketing experience . |