Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] or [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no really well-defined pattern , but the constellation is not hard to identify , because it lies more or less between Altair and Fomalhaut ; the line of three stars of which Altair is the central member points to it . |
| 2 | A far-southern constellation , not hard to find because it is so compact ; it lies more or less between Achernar and Canopus . |
| 3 | Just as conjectures will be considered bold or otherwise by reference to the relevant background knowledge , so predictions will be judged novel if they involve some phenomenon that does not figure in , or is perhaps explicitly ruled out by , the background knowledge of the time . |
| 4 | You have to stand more or less at attention all the time when you get locked up in there . |
| 5 | This observation corresponds more or less to Jacobsson 's list ( pp. 60-2 ) of the ten types of context where need can be used as a modal : Type 1 Need I be present ? |
| 6 | Rising spending on consumer goods in turn allowed the industries producing them to grow more or less in line with those producing means of production . |
| 7 | From 12 May , Sabine Wachters will be exhibiting ten or so of Parmiggiani 's most typical sculptures . |
| 8 | Do people participate more or less in villages , towns or cities ? |
| 9 | The great majority of consumers get their fuel on credit , in that they pay monthly or quarterly in arrears , though of course the cost of this credit is not charged separately to them as interest . |
| 10 | It is just possible that , because these spiritual things are produced by the mind and are therefore peculiar to individuals , varying little or much from person to person , they represent the real and absolute fact of individuality . |
| 11 | So far , tropical moist forests provide little more than 10% of the total wood used as solid wood and pulp , but as temperate forests become depleted or increasingly under pressure of the ‘ environmental ’ lobby to be managed for functions other than production , attention will inevitably be focused on the tropical resources . |
| 12 | And I went round town on Saturday and I 'd gone more or less from work as well so I 'd got my big bag with me and ooh my shoulder ! |
| 13 | It 'd be nice to have 5 or so in hand with Scum only 13 points ahead , we win em all and take the league from under their noses . |
| 14 | No , I assure you of that but , well , for one thing the Elsie I knew made it clear to me that she wished to make a new life for herself , start more or less from scratch . |
| 15 | The multiplier for manual staff might be unity but it increases with staff level and becomes three or more for management . |
| 16 | Thus , any decision by an authority to spend more or less on services than the government 's assumed level will be reflected directly in the level of charge it has to set . |
| 17 | Fees are normally paid monthly or quarterly in advance , while expenses are charged out each month after invoices from suppliers come in to you . |
| 18 | It will then be paid four-weekly or quarterly in arrears . |