Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The White Paper called for a fundamental re-examination of penal methods ‘ based on studies of the causes of crime , or rather of the factors which foster or inhibit crime ’ , supported by reliable assessments of the results achieved by existing methods . |
| 2 | It was a measure of the strains of the day , or perhaps of the relief at finding the sympathetic Theodora , that the Archdeacon was precipitated into something close to indiscretion . |
| 3 | In windy weather , the effects of the wind gradient near the ground accentuate any movement up or down of the towplane and glider . |
| 4 | The conference was set up to attract more business to north Oxfordshire , where along of the flanks of the M40 empty office space is part of the landscape . |
| 5 | Designated accessible polling stations , er will themselves have to cover fifty percent or so of a constituency initially and people will be allowed to have access to a designated station if their own station is one that has not qualified at that time , although the aim will be a hundred percent designated er polling stations with full access . |
| 6 | Um , said Tor , but then went on to explain that only a week or two before he had been within a hundred metres or so of a school of orca . |
| 7 | When the 60-strong Troop was reduced through casualties to the 38 or so of an infantry platoon , their handling was very similar . |
| 8 | ‘ And dangerous , ’ said Caspar , with a backwards glance to where Goibniu was standing before the fire in thy characteristic pose , thumbs in belt , surrounded by half a dozen or so of the others . |
| 9 | In all the instances concerned in this case , the goods were traced and the thefts had occurred within a day or so of the goods being presented to Stardust Jewellers . |
| 10 | The final ten minutes or so of the session will be spent discussing what has arisen , how the patient feels about it , and the way future treatment is likely to proceed . |
| 11 | Itching will begin within an hour or so of the invasion , and the vigorous scratching induced may well abort the attack . |
| 12 | And study after study comes up , even in this brave new world , about the fact that only eight per cent or so of the child care is actually done by men , and this goes right across the classes . |
| 13 | The first hundred yards or so of the level were stone dressed and arched over our heads in a well-made curve . |
| 14 | ( d ) Continue to fill the basket with soil/compost to within an inch or so of the top , and then cover with a layer of pea shingle . |
| 15 | Fifty or so of the females formed a tight cluster , joined hands and walked backwards until they formed the circumference of a large circle . |
| 16 | Only a dozen or so of the creeps in the black nighties , but they 've got heavy weapons . |
| 17 | These temperatures are consistent with the apparent rigidity of the outer 200 km or so of the Moon and with the strong attenuation of S waves beyond about 800 km , and with the large area to mass ratio of the Moon . |
| 18 | During the later stages of accretion , at the very least , the outer 100 km or so of the Moon melted , large areas being molten at the same time . |
| 19 | The majority of the remaining seventeen hundred square miles or so of the county also comprises open countryside . |
| 20 | Corn was shipped along the Stroudwater canal to Oil Mill , although it may well be that the last half mile or so of the Painswick Stream was once navigable . |
| 21 | I observed him warily , waiting for the outburst I felt certain was infusing along with the coffee , but he remained impassive and finished the meal by stoically downing a litre or so of the espresso blend , a large tin box of Amaretti di Saronno and eight grappa . |
| 22 | The 10 per cent or so of the population which votes for Sinn Fein appears to approve of , or at least to tolerate readily , the IRA 's attempts to kill soldiers and policemen . |
| 23 | Presumably a twelfth or so of the population are Leos , and they are n't all self-opinionated , domineering , power-mad — ’ |
| 24 | The bottom five notes or so of the violins can be enriched by adding a bassoon or two in unison . |
| 25 | I gave you ten minutes or so of the lesson to look at some words . |
| 26 | Germany and Spain were eventually to become major producers of armour : within a century or so of the time of Barbarossa some of the most famous makers of armour were German , while Cologne became renowned for its swords . |
| 27 | That meant within an hour or so of the time at which Mary Penrose claimed that Riddle had left her . |
| 28 | Paul appears on the scene within a year or so of the Crucifixion . |
| 29 | The government jailed 100 or so of the party 's leading members on charges ranging from graffiti-writing to incitement of violence . |
| 30 | For the first year or so of the war , oil and gas operations in the Gulf , leaving aside the damaged Iraqi terminals , continued very much as in the 1970s . |