Example sentences of "two and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This was but a temporary setback , for after a rest and a defeat on his return he proceeded to win his next nine races , completely outclassing his rivals at distances from nine furlongs to two and a quarter miles . |
2 | It is that two years , two and a quarter years ago I established a procedure in the Labour Party … ( uproar from audience ) . |
3 | At two and a quarter hours it will test the bladder control of the average child , and some scenes could and should have been shorter . |
4 | Time will tell with Land Rover two and a quarter engines if they are protected with the use of Carbonflo . |
5 | I have a Series III , two and a quarter SWB and I find it very difficult to start and keep going , even with the choke right out . |
6 | Does any firm specialise in supplying suitable reconditioned exchange cylinder heads to allow two and a quarter litre petrol engines to run on lead-free ? |
7 | My 1979 two and a quarter diesel has been leaking oil from around the fuel pump and I had put this down to a leaky gasket . |
8 | My two and a quarter petrol 1981 SWB would have needed an expensive conversion to run on unleaded petrol so I am using Carbonflo instead . |
9 | Can I replace the worn out gearbox in my Series III two and a quarter petrol with a Series II box ? |
10 | I own a 109 Safari and it is ex-military with the two and a quarter petrol engine . |
11 | The gearbox in my 1973 Series III two and a quarter petrol is noisy and jumps out of third gear . |
12 | The fuel consumption of my 1966 IIA two and a quarter petrol is horrendous and the oil consumption is not much better . |
13 | When I start the two and a quarter petrol engine in my IIA 109 from cold , a cloud of light grey smoke is emitted from the exhaust when the engine first fires up . |
14 | Can you tell me the year of manufacture of my two and a quarter petrol engine number 90110300A . |
15 | To achieve more power for towing in my two and a quarter petrol County , I want to fit a Rover 3.5 SD1 engine . |
16 | The two and a quarter petrol engine on my Series III 1983 SWB has recently developed a noticeable ‘ tapping ’ noise , but only when running cold or under load , e.g. towing or climbing a hill . |
17 | Thus , Edison-type cylinders , two and a quarter inches in diameter , became the standard format . |
18 | In the darkness and silence of Duval-Leroy 's cellars in nearby Chalone sur Marne , you 'll find more bottles of Champagne than there are people living in London — some 12 million bottles all told , ageing quietly along two and a quarter miles of underground alleyways and lanes . |
19 | In June 1968 , at their first meeting , Ceauşescu shrewdly let a twenty minute courtesy call run on for a flattering two and a quarter hours . |
20 | The post-psychedelic light show ensures that the daytrippers are rooted to the floor as they sit through two and a quarter hours of swirling baby images , coloured cogs and kaleidoscope wheels . |
21 | That 's about two and a quarter . |
22 | It needs fabric fullness of two and a quarter to two and a half times the track length , depending on the thickness of the fabric . |
23 | The amount of fabric fullness required is variable and although a minimum of twice the length of the curtain fixture is satisfactory , two and a quarter to two and a half times fullness is preferable to achieve a well-balanced , attractive pleating arrangement . |
24 | Using two and a quarter fullness , two widths of 120 cm ( 48in ) wide fabric will be needed , to give a finished fabric width of 226cm ( 89in ) . |
25 | Back at Talland Bay our Officers let the smugglers do the heavy work of loading the huge two and a quarter ton cargo of cannabis resin ( street value £2,500,000 wrapped in Christmas paper into vans before moving in to arrest them while cottages and a cafe in the area used by the UK based gang were also raided . |
26 | By the time the United Kingdom referendum had been held at the beginning of June 1975 , electors in Northern Ireland would have voted seven times in two and a quarter years . |
27 | I think , I think the Chancellor in the erm , Budget speech on the thirtieth of November actually said that local government increase in spending will be two and a quarter per cent in nineteen ninety-four , five . |
28 | For a Government with a fifty billion pound deficit to tackle it 's a tempting target for VAT , bringing in an estimated two and a quarter billion pounds . |
29 | But there was to be no repeat performance as the 2-5 favourite failed to sparkle in the two and a quarter mile Haldon Gold Cup . |
30 | Two and a quarter hours after setting out . |