Example sentences of "the 20 or [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But then they would have to tell shareholders why only half of the consolidated profits of MEPC comes from the 700 properties it has assembled — with the other half provided by the 20 or so Oldham properties .
2 The Ukrainian settlement in the north west has always been close-knit and Ivan Solowka soon found himself running a club for the 20 or so families in Middleton .
3 There is a suspicion that here and there among the 20 or so items requested the editor 's leg has been mildly pulled .
4 The advice was given after Jo had been speaking to both children and their parents ( an audience that included 12 year old Romy Hutchins — a participant in the Challenge — and her father Paul , the former British Davis Cup captain and national team manager ) , in a unique question and answer session which preceded an on court clinic for the 20 or so participating juniors .
5 Certainly , none of the 20 or so currently available soloists matches Gilels in the concerto 's slow movement where the playing is astonishing in its absorption and intense , concentrated quiet .
6 Yet in the 20 or so years during which we have been associated with processions and demonstrations about the A427 , not a single bypass has been built .
7 In front of the clubhouse , the flags of the 20 or so nations represented among the 260 competitors hung limply in the flat calm as the early starters fidgeted nervously awaiting their call to the first tee .
8 Among the 20 or so protestors were seven foreigners , including the former Soviet Environment Minister , Nikolai Vorontsov .
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