Example sentences of "or [adv] [noun pl] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though Windows NT has not yet been released , 37% of the 1,000 or so participants in a Dun survey at UniForum believe NT will offer benefits not yet available under Unix . |
| 2 | This is usually done by a guillotine that cuts back a bundle of a dozen or so plants at a time , and it is not unusual to find the cut ends chopped and bruised rather roughly . |
| 3 | Because FM waves travel only 60 or so miles from a transmitter , they provide essentially a local pool of sound . |
| 4 | Social work 's image has suffered over the past dozen or so years from a series of scandals where agencies ' failures have been highlighted , often with total disregard to their successes . |
| 5 | Recommendation ( ix ) calls upon local offices and the Department of Social Security to give higher priority to those entering residential care to make sure that their claims for income support are processed in good time so that people do not have weeks of worry or possibly weeks in a home without paying . |
| 6 | No one must own any horse other than a work horse ; arms were forbidden ; informers were planted in every community to report on breaches of regulations or even suspicions about a man 's trade or lack of it ; and in all cases of doubt , summary hanging was in order . |
| 7 | Short wavelengths are measured in millionths of a metre ( 10 -6 ; m or micrometre , m ) or even billionths of a metre ( 10 -9 ; m or nanometre , nm ) . |
| 8 | Education must , at all costs , eschew all tendencies or even appearances of a commitment to the maintenance and reproduction of the unjust social order and undemocratic value system to the overthrow of which we sacrificed so much in the struggle . |
| 9 | This could involve an adjournment for legal aid application , social welfare report , referral to another solicitor , bail application or simply suggestions for a plea in mitigation . |