Example sentences of "[adj] or [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is the case do n't immediately reach for the reset or on/off button because there might be nothing at all wrong . |
| 2 | Revenues generated from VAXes grew 22% to £11.1m , and although Turner said that licence sales ‘ have really slowed ’ because people are n't buying the machines much any more , a high proportion of the £11.1m came from maintenance and services to the group 's existing 500 or so VAX customers . |
| 3 | This system will be used in deciding on future allocations of the pool and the DES has already indicated that it would expect NAB to give advice about appropriate courses and rationalization , particularly concerning those which are expensive , those which are so specialist in nature that control of student numbers is required , and those where both university and public sector provision might be unnecessary or where rationalization is desirable for other reasons . |
| 4 | ( For example , the frequency of the collocate ’ pay ’ in the context of ’ money ’ would be compared with its frequency outside of that context : this may return a high positive value , indicating a high degree of association , or a low or even negative value indicating non-association or even repulsion . ) |
| 5 | It is now common in most accounts to begin with the proviso that the designation ‘ nouveau roman ’ is merely a convenient quasi-journalistic or even marketing label attached to an otherwise heterogeneous collection of writers , sharing little other than the same publishing house at one time or another ( Editions de Minuit ) . |
| 6 | The historical period which has seen its political devaluation is one in which political optimism has become unfashionable , which perhaps is one way of explaining the retrospective or merely historicist character of the Situationist exhibition , and the books I have reviewed . |
| 7 | Instead its concepts — like sharing responsibility between parents and the state , reaching agreements and partnerships — have a surprisingly communitarian or even collectivist ring about them . |
| 8 | Whooping cough may be like this or even asthma . |
| 9 | Fennel can be used in fresh or even tea bag form . |
| 10 | Smaller weekly or fortnightly water changes of 10–20% are preferable to large monthly ones . |
| 11 | Smaller weekly or fortnightly water changes of 10–20% are preferable to large monthly ones . |
| 12 | This can be accomplished by weekly or fortnightly review sessions , either with staff members individually , or in a group with other therapists . |
| 13 | So , are all forty or so law amendments to be booted swiftly into touch ? |
| 14 | LET'S Enjoy Your Car Life ’ is the slogan written in big English letters to lure customers into Autobacs Seven 's 300 or so service stations . |
| 15 | Some medium-sized schools had shifted to a three-tier model , while some large schools were still operating a rather unsatisfactory and somewhat stressed version of Type 2 or even Type 1 . |
| 16 | In fact , for personal or even health reasons rather than financial ones — you must take it . |
| 17 | Again the rate of RNA replication dropped , but after another 10 or so test-tube transfers a strain of RNA had evolved that was immune even to the higher concentration of poison . |
| 18 | Cancellations made 10 or more working days prior to the seminar will receive full refund/credit . |
| 19 | Others are witty or deliberately kitsch . |
| 20 | There are 1500 or so bronze casts of Degas ' sculpture , not one cast in his lifetime |
| 21 | Only 100 or so family and close friends were at the graveside , visible from the garden of the family home , to hear the Rev Russell McLarty of St Paul 's Church , Provanmill , say that Arthur Thompson 's children wanted their father to be remembered as a kind and generous man who loved life and took great pleasure from his family and grandchildren . |
| 22 | The 158 or so student societies are funded by the Students ' Association . |
| 23 | Even if you do n't normally wear make-up , you will probably need some on your wedding day as white or even ivory reflects on the skin and could leave you with a washed-out look . |
| 24 | After a dozen or so phone calls , we finally discovered that TSL had secured coverage on Sportschannel America , a national cable sports network which reaches approximately nine million households . |
| 25 | Material from a smallpox pustule is introduced into the body of the person to be protected , by a light scratch , The patient should then receive a light dose of smallpox , with only a dozen or so pox , and lifetime active immunity . |
| 26 | He trod on a patch of ice and slipped , falling down the dozen or so stone steps . |
| 27 | To the right of the lodge were a dozen or so stone steps leading to a half-moon beach . |
| 28 | The Canadian has an operating crew of five ( excluding the dozen or so service staff ) and no one is entirely clear what they all do : fill out forms mostly , so far as I could see . |
| 29 | He failed to obtain a Card at Montpelier last year finishing 66th , but his outstanding amateur record has earned him a dozen or so sponsor 's invites . |
| 30 | Think instead about Quinta Paraiso da Mia , on the big sandy Luz Bay , just outside Lagos : a dozen or so apartment buildings linked by pathways in a shady garden , a minute 's walk from the beach . |