Example sentences of "a [num] or a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the spectrum of improbabilities , the spotlight turns out to illuminate only the narrow range from the left-hand end ( certainty ) up to minor miracles , like a hole-in-one or a dream that comes true . |
| 2 | At times this caused quite a scuffle , especially when we tried to insist on lumping several together and pretending that the result was a nation , albeit a federal one — rather in the same way as the parliamentary managers of the eighteenth century used to bribe Scottish peers by the batch , half a dozen or a dozen at a time . |
| 3 | But other platforms will come in the future so we can see us using sta very low cost standard hardware components , we might stack up erm half a dozen or a dozen erm workstations with a high speed interconnect between them each running a SQL Server . |
| 4 | That 's what I said , to do that and hope for a three or a six or another five or a king . |
| 5 | Or a three or a six . |
| 6 | So most important thing about functions , is what sort of functions is it a one-one or a many-one ? |
| 7 | And is it a one-one or a many-one . |
| 8 | ‘ A trusted formula for me is a 57 or a Beyer 201 , with perhaps a Neumann U87 in the room — but definitely not too close to the cab . |
| 9 | You could either have a ten or a twelve pound |
| 10 | ‘ He ought to be a twelve or a thirteen , he 's so good . |
| 11 | When data — that is , a 1 or a 0 — is applied to the D input , nothing happens . |
| 12 | Does twenty four end in a five or a nought ? |
| 13 | Is that a four or a five ? |
| 14 | It may take five years , he wrote , or it may take ten , or a hundred or a thousand , but sooner or later everything in the mausoleum will be affected and everything in all the other mausoleums in the city , and everything in all the other mausoleums in the country , and everything in all the other mausoleums in the world . |
| 15 | For any tiny Dart of the stratigraphical column of which we are particularly fond in Our own backyard , we can almost always find somewhere else in the world where that same division is a hundred or a thousand times thicker . |
| 16 | For the very large corporations , six figure salaries , ‘ starting with a two or a three ’ are not unusual . |
| 17 | For the first dimension , five used were : whether executive power is concentrated ( as in the British Cabinet ) or shared ( as in the Swiss Federal Council , in which all parties are represented ) ; whether the executive dominates ( as in the UK ) , or shares power with the legislature ( as in the United States ) ; whether there is a two or a multi-party system ; whether parties are divided on one political dimension ( e.g. the typical left-right division in Great Britain ) or several ( as in The Netherlands ) ; and whether elections use plurality or proportional representation procedures . |
| 18 | Do you want a two or a one ? |
| 19 | As I said it could be a thirty or a sixty minute job . |
| 20 | Graphics are extremely fast ( you need a 386 or a 486 for Epic ) with solid 3D fighter ships and buildings which flash past you . |
| 21 | We believe that the migration rates that should be used should be a three year average rather than an eight or a ten year average . |
| 22 | You had a choice of an eight or a three I had two jacks and a king you chose the three , the two turned up that would 've given you eight and a but you picked the three so that 'll give you more in the box as well an three hit your three hit your hand as well so |