Example sentences of "[adj] or so [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government jailed 100 or so of the party 's leading members on charges ranging from graffiti-writing to incitement of violence . |
| 2 | It proposes to recapitalise the insurer by raising NKr2.8 billion through a rights issue and another NKr1.5 billion or so from the bond market . |
| 3 | Can you do one of me ? ’ , until I 'd completed twenty five or so in the space of about two months . |
| 4 | I shoved twenty or so into the pouch . |
| 5 | Afterwards we split up into various groups , and and I had another formal introduction to one of the ‘ production teams ’ ( which is really a little hamlet with a population of 200 or so near the town ) . |
| 6 | Derwent is expected to make trading profits of £2 million or so in the year to March . |
| 7 | When one adds to that the £40 million or so from the trust , my hon. Friends at least will recognise that the Government can lay claim to spending more money on sport than any party has done for many years . |
| 8 | Presumably a twelfth or so of the population are Leos , and they are n't all self-opinionated , domineering , power-mad — ’ |