Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back on it I could not figure out what went wrong as I had done exactly as instructed but nobody had ever really said much about fallen trees or currents and especially not in such a small part of the river . |
| 2 | ‘ Only for future presidents or prime ministers . |
| 3 | Both are limiting laws , valid only for small strains or rates of strain , and while it is essential that conditions involving large stresses , leading to eventual mechanical failure , be studied , it is also important to examine the response to small mechanical stresses . |
| 4 | Although the atmosphere , mmHg and torr are all used in scientific work , they should strictly be used only for rough comparisons or as ratios . |
| 5 | Seven patients received laser treatment only for three months or more ( median 14 weeks , range 13–39 ) . |
| 6 | From these observations the task before the court on this appeal can be distilled in this form : the court is concerned to inquire as to the persons with respect to whom Parliament is presumed to have been legislating when using the expression , ‘ any person , ’ and in making that inquiry Parliament is to be taken to have been legislating only for British subjects or foreigners coming to the United Kingdom , unless the contrary is expressed ( which it is not here ) or is plainly implicit . |
| 7 | Simmer gently for 15–20 mins or until tender , stirring occasionally . |
| 8 | Cover and simmer gently for 8–10 minutes or until all of the stock is absorbed . |
| 9 | Simmer gently for 35 minutes or until the fruit is translucent . |
| 10 | Persistent total weedkillers will kill all plant growth , perhaps for six months or more . |
| 11 | Wapping : My Lord , this is the way I always stand And have stood so for 60 years or more . |
| 12 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 13 | and therefore you can have a situation where , I mean if the Queen is there for another twenty years say , say the situation in twenty years time where you have king on throne and a queen who have not lived together for thirty years or whatever years and you know still playing out this |
| 14 | The gods had drawn them together , and together for 10 years or so they would make music , exploring the world and themselves , unharried by outside pressures , responding only to the more meaningful pressures of life and love . |
| 15 | Such rewards are not necessarily about financial payments or promotion . |
| 16 | I might slacken off when I got established — perhaps after ten years or so . |
| 17 | Woodland , the final stage in succession , appears only after 40 years or so ( right ) . |
| 18 | Only she can phrase her movement so that its rhythm speaks so legibly of high spirits or despair . |
| 19 | Under Labour , people in a house worth £200,000 must pay five times as much as people living in a £40,000 house , regardless of regional disparities or anything else . |
| 20 | Some of the graptolites ( dendroid graptolites ) were shrubby colonies , looking very much like living hydroids or some bryozoa . |
| 21 | He rates their subtlety , but points out that they can be mixed only with warm sauces or , he warns , they start to lose their delicacy . |
| 22 | There is a danger , however , that number friezes badly used may lead children to relate for instance , five only with five ducks or a domino pattern . |
| 23 | This is usually effective only with new houses or with council houses resold by their tenants . |
| 24 | When this happens , better or more useful alternatives are missed , perhaps with new companies or new colleges . |
| 25 | On the inland side of the broken city stood a humpy line of green mounds , perhaps with old treasures or masonry in their innards . |
| 26 | In this case they can present a different appearance , a host of little tubes combining together into branching twigs or nets . |
| 27 | In reply to Kate Westwood 's letter in the February issue , why does she not join together with other knitters or any other craft makers and open a small shop , selling other people 's crafts on commission ? they could take it in turns looking after it . |
| 28 | If you buy green bananas a handy tip for speeding up their ripening is to put them in a bag together with some apples or kiwi fruit . |
| 29 | All fungus-infected timber which has been removed should be burned immediately together with any shavings or sawdust from the infected area . |
| 30 | The identity booklet ( or key card ) together with any messages or letters that may be waiting for them are handed to the guest . |