Example sentences of "[adj] year or [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the coming year or so X/Open will introduce a range of XPG profiles — the XPG portability guide is a subset of CAE — to cope with the volume of technology areas it now embraces ( there are 37 XPG specifications in total ) . |
| 2 | This pattern has been changing ; there is a tendency now for girls to keep their babies , and over the last year or so girls have been sent there for a variety of other reasons , but essentially so that they can be assessed on their ability to care for their child . |
| 3 | a couple of these men will probably go pro soon and one or two will surely go to England — as defence have been a problem for Leeds the last year or so Wilko should take a look at |
| 4 | Overall , consumers save more than they borrow , though in the last year or so borrowing has accelerated more than saving . |
| 5 | The STA delegate meeting of 1905 passed a resolution urging branches to ban any new women entrants to the trade , and over the next year or so Edinburgh became increasingly isolated as first Aberdeen , then Dundee and Perth succeeded in closing the trade to new women recruits ( there were far fewer women compositors in these towns anyway ) . |