Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the gold standard did not always work as smoothly or effectively as this description indicates since many countries were unwilling to follow the simple rules of the game . |
| 2 | A trade can only be carried out within one firm if the market maker of that firm offers a price at least as good or better than that offered on the general market . |
| 3 | What is more , the participating organisations showed average or better than average health and safety performance in their own industries . |
| 4 | A really well-designed state pension scheme ( complete with lump sums ) and not so closely tied to employment history as any of the current schemes on offer , could probably do as well or better than occupational or personal pension provision for most women . |
| 5 | For its weight , therefore , the strength of timber is as good or better than most of its competitors . |
| 6 | Cutting prospective future costs is as good as or better than generating extra resources to meet them . |
| 7 | The convention centre is just as good or better than any museum . |
| 8 | It found that women often felt fairly unsure of their ability in DIY matters , but once they had breached the confidence barrier many regularly tackled demanding jobs and felt that their results were as good or better than those achieved by the professional . |
| 9 | testing at Tomduff found the situation there to be as good as or better than those with the existing producers of andalusite in South Africa . |
| 10 | If the results are similar to or better than those predicted theoretically , the transformation is satisfactory . |
| 11 | A reasonable guide will be if it produces results near to or better than those predicted by equation ( 6.3 ) . |
| 12 | The initial decision to do this is probably based on some vague notion that a computer system will increase efficiency , or perhaps because all its competitors have installed computer systems . |
| 13 | There were problems in a few centres , perhaps because the idea of a closing date was new or perhaps because local computer systems caused delays . |
| 14 | If the Church and secular press is anything to go by , a period of intense lobbying has begun with the various groups and interests within the Church of England backing their preferred candidates , or perhaps as significant , blacking others . |
| 15 | The number of seats for Great Britain England , Scotland and Wales ) , which must not be substantially more or less than 613 , is presently 627 . |
| 16 | Patients with ARF were subdivided according to whether their duration of renal failure was known to be greater than or less than 10 days . |
| 17 | During the first three years of full-time drug squad work ( 1966–8 ) arrests totalled some sixty-four persons — or less than two per month . |
| 18 | We studied cases in which the patient had a fatal aggravation of liver disease during or less than two months after interferon alfa treatment . |
| 19 | The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month . |
| 20 | While most residents were in fairly frequent contact with relatives and friends from outside the home , one in five of those who spent all the last twelve months of their lives in a home had either no visitors at all or less than one visit a month . |
| 21 | It would also be a simple matter of alter the ‘ daily ’ timing to a period of more or less than one day . |
| 22 | The period for which a bill is drawn is not normally longer than six months or less than fourteen days . |
| 23 | In a similar way we can use the die figures for the early imperial bronze coinages minted at Corinth to calculate that the total value coined over a century was only about half a million denarii , or less than 5000 per year . |
| 24 | now he 's got to transfer that authority , I do n't think it 's any more or less than that |
| 25 | No the answer to the question is almost er all or most of the total , about half , or less than half the total . |
| 26 | Was it almost er All or or most of the total amount you spent in the last year , about half or less than half the total ? |
| 27 | All or most of the total , about half or less than half the |
| 28 | Er how much of the money you 've spent , what proportion , all , most of the total , about half or less than half the total have you spent at a shop . |
| 29 | If we consider the ten poorest students at Christmas ( i.e. those with marks equal to or less than 40 ) we find an average increase in marks from 33.6 to 43.6 . |
| 30 | Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years . |