Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] so [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Came in a couple of hours or so ago .
2 In the German version of the poem , written some two generations or so later , this is quite explicit .
3 Erm the J C one we 'll have to try and deal with that again as a separate issue but I do n't , I mean the amount of time we 're losing from high levels of sickness we talked about a c couple of meetings or so ago , about the absence levels with some people , we 've just got ta make sure we crack that on the head , we 're just haemorrhaging money , the fact that it is not just hours it 's money .
4 After five minutes or so both Rick and I were properly awake and using his scoop technique ( which incidentally had n't been quite perfected ) my first catfish was on the bank .
5 It it seems to me we 've spent about an hour and ten minutes or so almost shadow boxing over this particular policy erm and we we keep running into well running both matters together and it seems right and proper that we should do that .
6 Six months or so ago nobody thought this could possibly happen .
7 Despite being launched six months or so ago in the US , with almost singular lack of impact , this part of the package has been accepted internally as a program integrator by no less an august institution than IBM itself .
8 These changes should allow the bureau to release the first summary reports in late spring next year , some six months or so earlier than in 1980 .
9 Heaven for him meant them being given a lift in a girlfriend 's second-hand Fiat and , whereas other toddlers of fifteen months or so usually toted teddy bears or other furry animals , he never went anywhere without taking along at least one toy car .
10 Many of the problems associated with the uncontrolled access to farmland are long-standing and have been enshrined in the Country Code , the list of ‘ do 's and don'ts ’ concerning open gates , litter , dogs which worry livestock , fire risks and so on .
11 It is amazing that in this age of guitar exotica , courtesy of PRS , Valley Arts and so on , most players can not help but become romantic and misty-eyed about an old Strat — even one that was made in Japan only a month or so ago .
12 In effect , country has picked up all the old paraphernalia of the pop world : slick videos , stage shows , merchandising , fanzines and so on .
13 ‘ They did a wedding dance , folk songs and so on .
14 The Government has stated that , as well as continuing cover on non-vested markets for NCM , it will provide reinsurance for those contracts which are deemed to be in the ‘ national interest ’ for as long as the Government considers its existence essential to meet the reasonable needs of exporters and so long as it performs satisfactorily as a trading facility .
15 The cost would be substantial , even when viewed as a military exercise , for the men would have to be supplied with food , water and ammunition by helicopter , and there would have to be medical facilities aboard nearby ships in case of broken legs and so forth . ’
16 I think the a I think the thing is is that I , we ca n't mentally get into realize how to use his body weight which comes from using your feet and getting and the l and your legs and so forth .
17 But an awful lot of things we can control by volunt voluntary movement , our arms and legs and so on , and we can control our thoughts .
18 I 'm thinking of polled cattle or dogs with very , very short muzzles or dwarf legs and so on .
19 Such charts purport to indicate where control is located , the degree of centralisation , the division of labour , tasks , hierarchies and so on .
20 Barrow crossings here , signals and so on .
21 And you deal yourself with new recruits and so forth as a sort of P R man , you you deal with new recruits ?
22 For instance , Lioy and Daisey ( 1987 ) , in their work on the monitoring of toxic air pollution in New Jersey , construct what they term a ‘ microinventory ’ for each of three towns , comprising the locations of chemical plants , metal processing plants , paint spray manufacturers and so on .
23 ‘ Our customers are photographic processors , schools , suppliers of dry-wipe boards , woollen processors , instrument manufacturers and so on .
24 So we always have to lay in stores that will last us a month or six weeks — a sack , or perhaps two , of flour , and groceries and so on .
25 They 've all got a vision about their listeners , their viewers , their readers and so forth , and when they pick something , a press release , or when they hear a story or something like that , their mind 's going click click click ‘ How can I use this in a way that I can turn it into a form which is usable for my people ? ’ in a sense .
26 In order to make some provision for this common approach to information sources , it is necessary to arrange documents- and document surrogates in catalogues , indexes bibliographies , computer databases and so on — in such a way that items on specific subjects can be retrieved .
27 the labour unions , rail users ' organizations and so on .
28 ‘ All that talk of coming between brothers and so on — but she can not speak a wort of any language but English , and is furious if one says the smallest phrase in French . ’
29 You will notice names of towns on signposts , post offices and so on .
30 Arrangements will differ from firm to firm according to the number of partners and employees , the nature of the work of the firm , the number of offices and so on .
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