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

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1 This is the time of year when the end of last season 's growth slides imperceptibly into the beginning of the next 's , with more or less of a halt depending on the weather .
2 They thought it normal for Daddy to get them up and dress and breakfast them , before he went down to morning surgery , and for Lucy once she was up to spend ages talking excitedly and gesticulating on the telephone , before consigning them ( with a kiss on the head ) to Nissy while she disappeared to the study to practise , and the house was filled with the cello 's dismal squeaks and groans , which always recovered eventually , into more or less of a tune .
3 It is not too easy to find , but lies in more or less of a line with Beta and 21(4.5) .
4 Do professional requirements cover more or less of the curriculum in any given field than they did ten years ago ?
5 The waxing and waning of the ice sheets lowered and raised sea level as more or less of the water on the earth 's surface was locked up in them .
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