Example sentences of "[noun sg] [art] [adj] [noun pl] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , no calculations were published which attempted to measure the precise costs or specify the benefits to be derived from an ageing population . |
| 2 | The rate of accumulation in those branches most closely tied to investment ( machinery , metals , construction ) reached 25–35 per cent per year , implying a doubling of the capital stock every three years or less . |
| 3 | As there is , mathematically , simply a series of three-dimensional lines and curves assembled to rep no intervening surfaces or solids behind which lines can hide . |
| 4 | As it moves towards Perihelion on December 27 , 45m km from the Sun and 140m from the Earth , it is doubling in brightness every four days or so . |
| 5 | As it moves towards Perihelion on December 27 , 45m km from the Sun and 140m from the Earth , it is doubling in brightness every four days or so . |
| 6 | Mr McWhirter 's methods meant that some — any — excuse had to be found to interrupt his recital every ten minutes or so . |
| 7 | This should be minimal and in a well-designed unit all you should have to do is replace the tube every six months or so , if used continuously . |
| 8 | For the first few days , Dawn would pull at the jesses with her beak every ten minutes or so . |
| 9 | How about a steering committee meeting every three months or so ? |
| 10 | Where the court has made an order for the public examination of the bankrupt ( under s 290 ) or has issued a summons to appear under s 366 , the court may also order an Inland Revenue official , on the application of the official receiver or trustee , to produce to the court the relevant accounts or assessments submitted to the Inland Revenue ( s 369 ) . |
| 11 | In the structure of water the basic components or molecules exist in a free flowing state loosely bound together by forces of mutual attraction . |
| 12 | It was a house I 'd passed by twice a day a hundred times or more . |
| 13 | And then after that I 'd be drinking like a pint every twenty minutes or so . |
| 14 | In countries with a written constitution the ordinary courts or a constitutional court will have jurisdiction to determine whether the acts of the legislature are constitutional . |
| 15 | A search is now under way to find a medium with a reliably long shelf-life , because even if our present-day sound recordings last for a full century ( which is doubtful ) , our successors will have to copy the whole collection every hundred years or so . |
| 16 | Most of these were ‘ coppiced ’ — cut to the ground every 20 years or so and then allowed to regenerate . |
| 17 | Pascoe had obtained the number from directory enquiries and listened to her answerphone message a dozen times or more . |
| 18 | Furthermore the referee , Colin Hawke , from New Zealand , ruined the game as a spectacle by blasting away in the whistle almost non-stop , awarding a penalty or a free-kick every two minutes or so , mostly against Scotland . |
| 19 | No place to stay for any time , but food every ten miles or fifteen or twenty . |
| 20 | Zen had watched this cycle a dozen times or more when he felt a touch on his shoulder and turned to find Gilberto grinning up at him . |
| 21 | Very slowly , she began to go down the stairs , step by step , wincing every time one creaked and glancing over her shoulder every ten seconds or so . |
| 22 | Now some of you , if you 've only been with the company a few months or whatever it was , may not have noticed too much of a change , er , but I 've noticed a bit of a ch , I 've noticed a tremendous change in two and half months , two and a half years , and there 's some people in the room who must have noticed tremendous changes . |
| 23 | Since cultures tend to go sour after about two or three weeks when they are best thrown out , it is best to start a new culture every ten days or so . |
| 24 | Lack of sleep , if the baby is demanding to be feed every two hours or so day and night , can be hell if it goes on for long . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're not seriously going to tell me that a relationship like that just ends , when the guy still meets your mother every few weeks or so ? ’ |