Example sentences of "[art] [num] [coord] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Canadian has an operating crew of five ( excluding the dozen or so service staff ) and no one is entirely clear what they all do : fill out forms mostly , so far as I could see . |
| 2 | He trod on a patch of ice and slipped , falling down the dozen or so stone steps . |
| 3 | The 158 or so student societies are funded by the Students ' Association . |
| 4 | Equally , not all the big Healeys were Alpine Rally competitors or howling club racers , and British as the car was , the majority of the 17,700 or so MkIIIs that completed the series also went to the US , where the sun shone a bit more often . |
| 5 | Despite the recent re-issue of Rewald 's classic monograph , we still lack a true catalogue raisonné , bringing together all the visual and documentary material and engaging with the fundamental issues ; for example , after the sensational exhibition of the Mellon waxes at the National Gallery in Washington in 1991 , there is an even greater need for a study of the relationship of the waxes to the 1,500 or so bronze casts scattered throughout the world ; more understanding of Degas ' techniques and the reproductive processes used by his founder is urgently required ; a consideration of the images themselves , and their place in contemporary sculpture , is conspicuous by its absence ; and , the biggest question of all , the role of these wax figures in the wider oeuvre cries out to be examined . |
| 6 | Puzzles are abundant and are only put there to stop Zack walking freely around the 60 or so factory rooms . |
| 7 | BP is among the 40 or so member companies which subscribed to the formation of the training body . |
| 8 | The spectators were all either lining the 18th hole or watching the drama on one of the hundred or so TV sets in the Hospitality Units . |
| 9 | We know some details of the backgrounds of the twenty-two or so party members who made up the Politburo . |
| 10 | The Folkeskole is a unified ten-year school ( ages 7–17 ) : ‘ Just over half the 1,900 or so folkeskoler have 10 forms ’ . |
| 11 | He failed to obtain a Card at Montpelier last year finishing 66th , but his outstanding amateur record has earned him a dozen or so sponsor 's invites . |
| 12 | After a dozen or so phone calls , we finally discovered that TSL had secured coverage on Sportschannel America , a national cable sports network which reaches approximately nine million households . |
| 13 | Material from a smallpox pustule is introduced into the body of the person to be protected , by a light scratch , The patient should then receive a light dose of smallpox , with only a dozen or so pox , and lifetime active immunity . |
| 14 | Think instead about Quinta Paraiso da Mia , on the big sandy Luz Bay , just outside Lagos : a dozen or so apartment buildings linked by pathways in a shady garden , a minute 's walk from the beach . |
| 15 | To the right of the lodge were a dozen or so stone steps leading to a half-moon beach . |