Example sentences of "[num] or [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently such movements have involved up to 960 birds in one spring , and movements of 100 or more in a day are almost annual events ; 488 flying east off Beachy Head on 19 April 1976 is the largest single movement noted so far . |
| 2 | And in the course of each evening numbers rose from a dozen or so to a hundred , and then diminished as people wandered away to supper . |
| 3 | They usually play to 100,000 or so at a time , so it should be fun . |
| 4 | Echo sounding is also responsible for an erroneous impression given on chart traces , suggesting that the loch walls continue down for 1000 m or so beneath a filling of loose sediment . |
| 5 | At only $1 billion or so for a 50% stake , the price strikes some industry observers as a steal . |