Example sentences of "[adj] or [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 2 | It was impossible to judge whether she was asking because she was interested or merely for the sake of politeness . |
| 3 | And four coming to light argues forty or more in the dark , most likely for good . ’ |
| 4 | The Staff in the Department play a full part in the extra-curricular life of the School , as it is important that the children do not see Learning Support as in any way different or apart from the mainstream of school life . |
| 5 | The government jailed 100 or so of the party 's leading members on charges ranging from graffiti-writing to incitement of violence . |
| 6 | Often a solicitor will know as much or more about the history of local land as anyone . |
| 7 | But in fact it is not necessarily the case that if each person votes , or decides , according to what he or she perceives as his or her personal interest or wishes , the outcome is the good of all or even of the majority . |
| 8 | For example , an employer who , without any attempt at an individual medical assessment , inaccurately pre-judges epileptic applicants for positions as being unable to perform the job , will have treated those applicants as disabled , even though in fact their impairments might not limit their major life activities at all or only to the extent that others react adversely to them . |
| 9 | There was probably a space eighteen inches deep or more between the roof of the car and that of the tunnel . |
| 10 | The passage has virtually no narrative progression : indeed , it begins more or less at the end of the interview . |
| 11 | Now before we step the mast , we need to turn the boat more or less into the wind and that 's a good chance for us to start thinking about where the wind 's coming from . |
| 12 | And any join Well not anyone but most of the joiners did the undertaking more or less in the area they were in . |
| 13 | But er course we n n never got any money because we er m it more or less disbanded the Notts miners ' union that did , it er it took everything away was That was when we were er er s the Spencer union was formed more or less by the management . |
| 14 | The seething had been going on more or less from the time Taylor took over as manager . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In 1991 the UK current account deficit was a little over £6 billion and is expected to double in size to £12 billion or more by the end of 1992 . |
| 17 | Can you do one of me ? ’ , until I 'd completed twenty five or so in the space of about two months . |
| 18 | I shoved twenty or so into the pouch . |
| 19 | However it applied only to firms with 15 or more on the payroll . |
| 20 | Our interpretation of the field situation therefore becomes a specific and unusual type of ‘ anthropology at home ’ , for it is not out there in the exotic or even in the backyard . |
| 21 | It 's hard enough keeping the weight down when you 're on your own or just with the family . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | Multiple ulcers ( two or more at the time of diagnosis ) ; |
| 24 | There seems to have been a windmill for practically every village and sometimes two or more in the market towns . |
| 25 | Pendant lights , usually hanging on their own flex from a ceiling rose , are the most common form of general tungsten lighting — ideally , there should n't be just one light in the centre of a room , but two or more around the room , including over any table . |
| 26 | Derwent is expected to make trading profits of £2 million or so in the year to March . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Presumably a twelfth or so of the population are Leos , and they are n't all self-opinionated , domineering , power-mad — ’ |