Example sentences of "[be] [art] [num] or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So realism suggests a limit on the number of candidates , and if in some Irish constituencies there are a dozen or even a score the reason is that they include candidates of small or perhaps minuscule parties besides more or less cranky independents : the two major parties are not responsible . |
| 2 | It 's the main ‘ motorway ’ through the city , and there are a dozen or so stalls on the Rialto selling souvenirs — including the painted masks you 'll see on sale all over the city . |
| 3 | There may be a million or so people in the land who have the capacity to turn their hands to anything that 's going without feeling frustrated , or rebellious , or losing self-respect . |
| 4 | These fish in the 1lb to 2lb class can be a hundred or more strong in a shoal , and if you begin catching this size of barbel it is likely they will remain in the swim , feeding off and on , for as long as you have bait to keep them interested . |
| 5 | Also not covered by the study were the 600,000 or so " liquidators " , the emergency workers who tackled the accident at the time . |
| 6 | There was the high-class brothel , managed by Michael Lee , which operated out of the house across the park from Katherine 's own home , and then there were the dozen or so girls — the pick of the brothel girls — who worked the society parties . |
| 7 | I twisted in the seat to see that there were a dozen or so boats moored in the protected crook of the easternmost anchor fluke . |
| 8 | There were a dozen or so cars parked near the entrance , including the Marshal 's small van , but not a soul in sight . |
| 9 | These were a dozen or so stoppered glass bottles containing a selection of Wakelate 's most virulent and inventive poisons . |
| 10 | To the right of the lodge were a dozen or so stone steps leading to a half-moon beach . |
| 11 | The Direction also oversees and assists the so-called classes and controlés museums , that is the 1200 or so provincial museums either directly linked into the Ministry through their director or supervised in order to ensure that they comply with certain requirements ( see chart ) . |
| 12 | It was the 200 or so unmarried or widowed women , who made up rather more than 25 per cent of the original sample , who remained as a solid phalanx of women compositors in the 1920s and 1930s . |
| 13 | Polls suggested that the key election issue for voters , however , was the 8,000 or so homeless people estimated to be sleeping rough within the city . |