Example sentences of "be one [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have feelers , metal strips , that are one and a half thou thick , we call it , you ca n't have them any thinner because they can make them in Sheffield at one thou thick but they suffer and bend by use . |
| 2 | We are one and a half million pounds better off from that , and the compulsory redundancy problem has gone erm I 'd have to explain the list to you , though , to give a proper context , and maybe that 's what I should |
| 3 | The coroner was told that blood alcohol tests after the accident showed Richard had been one and a half times over the legal drink drive limit . |
| 4 | On any day towards the end of the campaign , those who had been very interested in politics just before the campaign opened were one and a half times as likely to read a paper , and twice as likely to watch both BBC-TV and ITV news , as those with no interest in politics ( Chapter 3 ) . |
| 5 | There were one and a half million new listeners brought to Radio 4 by the News Network . |
| 6 | Many questions were asked on these papers by the Panel , and the other thing that I thought was very revealing , is one point that I 've been hammering away at , is the fact that they actually produced these figures for U K car registrations over the last 10 years , 10 years ago there were one and a half million , last year there were nearly 2 and a half million . |
| 7 | The show is one and a half hours of entertainment for children of all ages . |
| 8 | ‘ No , it is one and a quarter , sir , ’ and he was right . ’ |
| 9 | In rural Third World communities the average transit time is one and a half days ; in Western countries it is about three days in young healthy adults ; among the elderly it is often over two weeks . |
| 10 | The price is one and a half milliardi . ’ |
| 11 | The price is one and a half milliardi . |
| 12 | ‘ Four thousand revs will give you 90 mph in the Formula First , ’ he said , ‘ and in a car which is one and a half inches off the ground , that will feel like 190 mph , so it should be plenty fast enough for today . ’ |
| 13 | The total benefit is three units of reproductive success , three times a half again , is one and a half , it 's not erm , it 's not the of two . |
| 14 | A pint of beer or a small glass of wine is one unit , and a measure of spirits is one and a half units . |
| 15 | I think the most important thing is to make clear , I 'm hoping to make clear somewhere that next year this council will have a members allowance budget which is one and a half percent more than this year , at the maximum , and it may not even have that I 'm not certain that we 've agreed that with the policy committee , I do n't know if anybody knows if we have |
| 16 | More than a quarter of the world 's population ; that 's one and a half billion people , have no basic health care or clean water . |
| 17 | More than a quarter of the world 's population ; that 's one and a half billion people , have no basic health care or clean water . |
| 18 | One 's one and a half . |
| 19 | It 's one and a half years |
| 20 | Their volume of production was one and a half times greater , and they were engaged chiefly in clothing , woodwork , skins , and agricultural repairs . |
| 21 | The official winning margin over Bering was one and a half lengths . |
| 22 | Wayward Lad was one and a half lengths further away in third , Silver Buck a tired and remote fourth , and then Ashley House stayed on up the hill to pass Combs Ditch amid cheering never before heard for a horse running fifth ! |
| 23 | It was one and a half hours later before they reached him , caught up in all the plants , still shouting ‘ What have I done ? |
| 24 | The working day was ten hours long , sometimes starting at 3 am , and the expected rate of completion was one and a half yards [ 1.4 m ] a day , though , with extra inducements two yards [ 1.8 m ] or even more could be achieved . |
| 25 | I carried Emily — she was one and a half years old then . |
| 26 | I believe the figure mentioned was one and a half million in rifle strength . ’ |
| 27 | I had allowed plenty of time to return to the Commons to vote , but the train was one and a half hours late . |
| 28 | A test at Darlington police station revealed Crowther , an assistant manager at the Hurworth VG shop , was one and a half times the legal limit for driving . |
| 29 | Do you know how much it was when we got our first house , just before we were married , it was n't two and a half times your salary , it was one and a half times our salary |