Example sentences of "two or [adj] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Injecting frequency was defined as never ( no injecting ) , occasional ( averaging fewer than two injecting episodes a week ) , and frequent ( averaging two or more episodes a week ) . |
| 2 | It is better to lose a steady two or three pounds a week than to achieve a drastic weight loss more dramatically , only to replace the lost pounds a few months later . |
| 3 | a bit , two or three pounds a week perhaps |
| 4 | Now some of the girls And they 're released you know , some of the girls were arrested what two or three times a night . |
| 5 | Consider this scenario which I see consistently two or three times a year . |
| 6 | During the 1950s , most of the Federations managed to publish magazines two or three times a year , composed of articles by both professional and voluntary members . |
| 7 | ‘ Two or three times a year . |
| 8 | The latter is a very formal process occurring usually two or three times a year . |
| 9 | Mr Kundra added : ‘ He stays at the flat from time to time — perhaps two or three times a year . ’ |
| 10 | Two or three times a year she exchanged the cushioned existence she had constructed for herself for something different but equally restful , like a prolonged stay at a good hotel in the country or a cruise on the QE2 . |
| 11 | Its institutions would be confined to a Council of Ministers , meeting only two or three times a year . |
| 12 | T R E company Molecule theatre which came originally from the Mermaid in They came here two or three times a year for seven or eight years and we use to pack 'em out . |
| 13 | And indeed , surfacing again at South Kensington , some atavistic instinct for the lie of the land took them directly to the street in which Louise had had an office , fifteen years or so ago , and where two or three times a year they had met for a meal . |
| 14 | The panel , which will meet two or three times a year is : Bob Cotton , PR Director , Gardner Merchant ; Neville Dyckhoff , deputy director of catering ( support ) Metropolitan Police ; Michael Finkelman , senior vice president , Hilton International ; Mike Ward , catering policy manager , Whitbread Pub Partnerships ; Hugh Cade , partner , Touche Ross , GBS Division ; and John O'Connor , head of department , Oxford Brookes University . |
| 15 | I feel sorry for the Tories , they will only be able to go for a cruise around the world once instead of two or three times a year . |
| 16 | Some doctors used the instrument two or three times a day , six per cent did not carry one in their bag and half had used them fewer than 12 times in the past six months . |
| 17 | Then I ‘ doctored ’ some ready-made beeswax ointment with essences of lavender and peppermint which I advised Elizabeth to apply liberally , two or three times a day . |
| 18 | How to use : 6–8 drops in a small teacupful of warm water two or three times a day . |
| 19 | In those few days between seeing my surgeon and going back to the X-ray department I went up to that chapel two or three times a day , I did my visualizations with all the intensity that I could summons . |
| 20 | Probably the remedy to try first , two or three times a day especially if there is a thick , milky-white , bland discharge that does not irritate or only very little . |
| 21 | During this time they provided an average of five daily meals often baking bread two or three times a day in addition to tending the garden and cows . |
| 22 | These machine errors happened two or three times a day , I put it down to mechanical damage whilst moving . |
| 23 | Meditating two or three times a day , for 10–30 minutes each time , is perhaps ideal — but it must be a pleasure , rather than a duty ! |
| 24 | A heroin addict probably injects two or three times a day , but cocaine is often injected at regular 15-minute intervals until the drugs and the money have run out . |
| 25 | This is clearly not practicable for many to follow , and the next best thing is to feed two or three times a day . |
| 26 | But if your eyes get really sore put a cold , damp , used tea-bag on each eyelid for five minutes two or three times a day . |
| 27 | Just as it was our duty , we felt , to shower two or three times a day and keep ourselves wrapped in a permanent cloud of Charlie perfume , so , it seemed , it was the male imperative to cultivate mossy teeth and socks that could stand up on their own . |
| 28 | And if we can pin those down , and as Roger said , we 've also now , over the last few weeks co begun carrying out erm regular testing two or three times a day now on each of the floors and looking at the humidity |
| 29 | ‘ Two or three times a day . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I probably speak to councillors two or three times a day . |