Example sentences of "[noun sg] or so [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Johnson grasped hold of some solitude and became for an hour or so a noble savage and a member of the armies of medieval romance , communing with nature on the bank of a stream : ‘ The day was calm , the air soft , and all was rudeness , silence and solitude .
2 After a mile or so the Old Man is reached , just south and west of the actual Point Of Stoer ( 25 minutes ) .
3 During the last decade or so a wide range of what were once considered to be mundane or esoteric problems concerning the English countryside have been thrust to the forefront of public attention by the apparently sudden and widespread increase in anxiety about ‘ the environment ’ .
4 I understand John McGrath 's sentiments but over the last decade or so the political dynamic of our society has changed so much , the social fabric has been so profoundly ravished that a different form of theatre is called for . ’
5 Within the next , er month or so a national consultation is being held within the URC to consider the advice of producing a programme of training for eldership which will be used throughout the call of the church and if there are any suggestions or any proposal that anyone would like to make I shall be very glad to receive them within the next month .
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