Example sentences of "[adj] [num] [noun] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , those still stone free nine months or more after dissolution treatment has stopped are genuinely likely to have had complete gall stone dissolution . |
| 2 | If you understand random and indexed files , skip the following 2 paragraphs as well . |
| 3 | It also seems fairly certain , from the seismic wave speeds and from the densities based on the polar moment of inertia , that though the outer 300 km or so very probably consist largely of common silicates this detailed composition is not the same as in the Earth 's mantle . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This would not result in extensive melting of the outer 100 km or so . |
| 6 | What had begun as a jeu d'esprit of a mere 30,000 words or so made Lewis a household name . |
| 7 | For looking ahead even a mere 10 years or so , it is possible and even probable , that a much smaller proportion of people 's lives will be spent in paid employment ( Gilg , 1983c ) , and that people will retire earlier , work far fewer hours and days per week , and will have very long holidays , so that work can be shared around . |
| 8 | He either could go for the vital boundary himself , or back his and his partner 's ability to hold fast for the remaining three overs and also gather the runs as insurance . |
| 9 | More typical of the urodeles is the newt , a mere ten centimetres or so long . |
| 10 | The latter had a mere twelve members but nevertheless carried weight in a situation where the Callaghan government was in a technical minority in the House and in danger of imminent defeat . |
| 11 | The vineyards of Sillery are indeed an extension of the lower slopes of Verzenay , where they stretch out along the flatter , frost-prone ground on the plain beneath the Montagne de Reims , taking a good kilometre and a half to rise a mere twenty metres or so . |
| 12 | Pritchard and one corporal then nipped back across the open roadway to drop a 10lb charge between two tugs moored in the basin , and their dash back to the hut , a mere 60 yards or less from the approaching enemy , was achieved without mishap . |
| 13 | This suggests that the Moon , or at least the outer 200 km or so , has never been flexible enough to reach hydrostatic equilibrium and therefore that these outer regions have always been cold . |
| 14 | However , it is also possible that the outer 200 km or so cooled and became rigid whilst they were deformed by internal turmoil which destroyed hydrostatic equilibrium . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She let out her pent-up breath in a loud gasp of relief ; then she bent over the handlebars and sent the bike whizzing as fast as she could pedal it across the remaining hundred yards or so of field . |
| 17 | But better still , I find , is to use the public domain utility program Clean2.com which activates the disk drive for the required thirty seconds or so , and also sweeps the heads across the disk to make use of the whole surface of the cleaning fabric . |
| 18 | He said the yard 's remaining 1,800 jobs and more than 4,000 in companies which supply Swan Hunter were very much in danger and called on the Government to guarantee the remaining jobs by allowing the yard to complete the three frigates and by bringing forward future MoD orders . |
| 19 | Sales figures around Christmas and New Year are very prone to changes in seasonal patterns , and total sales in the last three months together were less than 0.25 per cent higher than in the previous three months and only 1.4 per cent higher than in the corresponding three months a year ago . |
| 20 | Well let's say let's say we 've got a fixed pressure now , we 're not going to mess about with the height of the water , it 's a constant hundred feet or so . |
| 21 | Dennis had given us a rough time in the previous two Tests and so I started to chat to him to get him in a favourable mood for when it was our turn to bat . |
| 22 | They are not large thirty centimetres or so in length . |
| 23 | And that 's why it may be a good ten minutes or so before a man can lift a finger ( if you 'll forgive the phrase ) . |
| 24 | They enjoy earthworms , shrimps and pellet food and will live for a good ten years or more if they 're cared for correctly . |
| 25 | Lord , she 'd been awake ten minutes and already they were at each other 's throats ! |
| 26 | Sequent could start by offering Pentium upgrades to its current 486 machines and then move over to the new line . |
| 27 | Of those who have been married thirty years or more , only 4.3 per cent divorce . |
| 28 | Middlesbrough battled every inch of the way to gain a creditable 0–0 draw and only a second leg at Old Trafford now lies between Middlesbrough and their second Wembley Cup Final in two years . |
| 29 | Center Parcs have done their market research — they know that their target market want the healthy Nineties lifestyle and duly provide a huge sports hall . |
| 30 | Movement is smooth on a reasonable 386 machine but slow on a 286 . |