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Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] or [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Over the last 12 months or so a new microwave product has been made available to the caterer — the combination microwave .
2	They may concede that there may be frictional teething problems lasting a few years or even a few decades but argue that these are overcome eventually .
3	Obviously there is also the money element , and by returning to work you can perhaps give your child other benefits you might not otherwise be able to afford such as foreign holidays or maybe a private education .
4	Painting nearly always fifty years or even a hundred behind the times .
5	Well if if you add to those two factors , erm isolation and and loneliness , erm then the consequences can vary I mean certainly there were large numbers or quite a few elderly people up in the flats , who who survived who survived very poorly really .
6	Every ten minutes or so a larger swell came at them out of the darkness .
7	We must be careful with this argument because it is sometimes based on anatomical studies that have used insensitive methods or only a partial consideration of the data .
8	But in this very satisfaction lies the difficulty that for twenty years or more a good deal of self-esteem and affirmation has depended upon the parenting role .
9	The answer is that during the past 200 years or more a dynamic change has taken place .
10	The ground rose slightly , then dipped ; after a hundred yards or so a shallow outcrop of rocks hid the house .
11	You 've bought your new home , and no doubt that has meant new carpets or new curtains or maybe a new fitted kitchen because you want your home to be comfortable .
12	For consumers who use 1,000 units or less a new tariff is introduced , with no standing charge .
13	Over the last 20 years or so a large theoretical literature has been developed to provide tools for the solution of many problems associated with emergency planning ( Kolesar 1981 ) .