Example sentences of "[noun] or more [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greater and lesser frequency existed in about equal proportions , but nearly twice as many of this married population had intercourse only once a week , or less often , than had intercourse three times or more in a week . |
| 2 | Business people — no longer prepared to spend five hours or more on a daytime Euston-Glasgow journey — had switched to air , while leisure travellers had been lured away by the bargain-priced coaches . |
| 3 | Inch by inch — then , as loose shale slid frighteningly from under her feet , a sudden foot or more at a time — Sheila made her way perilously down the slope . |
| 4 | Five , six and seven year olds are perfectly capable of working on drama for an hour and a half or more at a time , but they need very clear tasks , strong images and narratives which are intriguing and above all dramatic . |
| 5 | From lst October 1990 , there is also a new scheme called GIFT AID which allows you to give sums of £600 or more to a charity tax-effectively ( with a maximum of £5 million for your total charitable donations in any one tax year ) . |
| 6 | This compares with 18 litres a minute or more from a storage system . |
| 7 | And Financial Assurance ( 081–367 6000 ) was paying 8.05% on £5,000 or more for a period of four years . |
| 8 | Under section 518 of the Companies Act 1985 if you are owed £750 or more by a company and it is overdue you can serve that company with a notice requesting payment within 21 days . |