Example sentences of "[det] or [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | either that or out on the bleeding street |
| 2 | In any event , we have stressed that the perceptions relate as much or more to the informal context within which teachers and advisory staff work as to formal procedures . |
| 3 | He believes all the right things but for no reasons at all or even for the wrong reasons . |
| 4 | Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention . |
| 5 | But I 'd dealt more or less with the small firms even to the the extent of collecting dues . |
| 6 | Although care should be taken to choose varieties that ripen more or less at the same time to avoid losses , dredge mixtures are generally cut green and dried like hay to be fed ‘ on the straw ’ or made into silage . |
| 7 | We work more or less in the same area but had n't talked to one another for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ I had to take him on more or less from the first . |