Example sentences of "[conj] so [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He trod on a patch of ice and slipped , falling down the dozen or so stone steps . |
| 2 | To the right of the lodge were a dozen or so stone steps leading to a half-moon beach . |
| 3 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 4 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 5 | BP is among the 40 or so member companies which subscribed to the formation of the training body . |
| 6 | Puzzles are abundant and are only put there to stop Zack walking freely around the 60 or so factory rooms . |
| 7 | So , are all forty or so law amendments to be booted swiftly into touch ? |
| 8 | Only those couple or so spelling mistakes , was n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | There , 50 or so textile mills produce what is widely acknowledged to be the finest wool cloth in the world . |
| 10 | In the village of Dara , Rafiq is a legal businessman , one of 50 or so hashish traders operating side by side with the gun dealers . |
| 11 | In most of the state 's 900 or so water districts farmers often have priority in the use of water . |
| 12 | In Great Britain there are around 2300 census districts each in the charge of a census officer ( usually a member of the local registration staff ) who controls specially recruited enumerators — one for each of the 110 000 or so enumeration districts . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Some 500 applications for Alpha machines are available now , and over 2,000 will be released in the near future by 1,000 or so software developers . |
| 18 | Just 30 miles or so south west of Bristol , Sedgemoor stretches from the Mendip Hills in the north to the Quantock Hills in the south . |
| 19 | Behind a grid , there is strong turbulent energy production for the first ten or so grid mesh-lengths along the tunnel ; the turbulence then becomes substantially isotropic and decays with distance down the tunnel . |
| 20 | There are 1500 or so bronze casts of Degas ' sculpture , not one cast in his lifetime |
| 21 | Despite the recent re-issue of Rewald 's classic monograph , we still lack a true catalogue raisonné , bringing together all the visual and documentary material and engaging with the fundamental issues ; for example , after the sensational exhibition of the Mellon waxes at the National Gallery in Washington in 1991 , there is an even greater need for a study of the relationship of the waxes to the 1,500 or so bronze casts scattered throughout the world ; more understanding of Degas ' techniques and the reproductive processes used by his founder is urgently required ; a consideration of the images themselves , and their place in contemporary sculpture , is conspicuous by its absence ; and , the biggest question of all , the role of these wax figures in the wider oeuvre cries out to be examined . |
| 22 | We know some details of the backgrounds of the twenty-two or so party members who made up the Politburo . |
| 23 | The 158 or so student societies are funded by the Students ' Association . |
| 24 | The three hundred or so grammar schools which existed in the late Middle Ages were mostly local and small . |
| 25 | Now we 're looking for tomorrow for about a twenty minute or so role play . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The new hospital will care for the annual 3,000 or so wildlife casualties in the area . |
| 28 | Once a week or so accordion music sounds will make feet itch under a canopy of stars in the tiny village square . |
| 29 | These factors led to a pattern of ‘ top-ten ’ thinking It is repeatedly stated that in each major industry sector — and in the world electronics industry itself — only ten or so world players will survive . |
| 30 | Twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pierside , fresh from a night 's work . |