Example sentences of "[n mass] or [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the CFTC wins its case , its charges could result in fines of $1m or more for the exchange . |
| 2 | Agfa 's P400PS runs at 18 original pages per minute but you pay £18,500 or so for the privilege . |
| 3 | The sold percentages of Christie 's and Sotheby 's in 1991 averaged just 71% even though reserves had been pushed 20% or so below the boom levels of 1988/89 . |
| 4 | A significant deterioration in cognitive function was defined as two or more consecutive increments of 5% or more in the mean time taken for a correct response and of 2% or more in the error rate with the last of the five euglycaemic test scores used as baseline . |
| 5 | That was also the political judgment of the terrorists , or they would not be so anxious to be interviewed by the media or so against the ban . |
| 6 | This is particularly useful for repetitive tasks such as kerblaying , more complex activities such as the fitting out of aeration tanks for a sewage treatment works or even in the design office for the production of reinforcement drawings or outline design drawings . |
| 7 | Because of the rigidity of the lithosphere , down-flexure may extend for 150km or more beyond the area of sediment loading . |
| 8 | Behind the first line of colonists is a second , and a third , and so on , some families being 10 km or more from the road along a muddy footpath . |
| 9 | These temperatures are consistent with the apparent rigidity of the outer 200 km or so of the Moon and with the strong attenuation of S waves beyond about 800 km , and with the large area to mass ratio of the Moon . |
| 10 | During the later stages of accretion , at the very least , the outer 100 km or so of the Moon melted , large areas being molten at the same time . |
| 11 | And the Sheikh 's dominance has been maintained this year as he heads the table with some £1.75m in prize money , half a million ahead of his older brother , Hamdan Al Maktoum , who owns Nashwan , with Sangster languishing in 10th place with a mere £250,000 or so in the kitty . |
| 12 | Barrett 's oesophagus was diagnosed if the columnar mucosa extended 3 cm or more into the oesophagus above the gastro-oesophageal junction . |
| 13 | This can add £100 or more to the cost of the printer . |
| 14 | Initially , three sets of largely orthogonal joints develop , but as the overlying rock is unloaded by erosion the release of pressure in the upper 100m or so of the batholith generates a secondary set of joints aligned roughly parallel with the surface . |