Example sentences of "[num] or [num] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus only about 70 or 80 of the brides were marrying skilled manual workers ; and 42 of these were in the printing trade , massively skewing the figures . |
| 2 | It 's bottomed out now , but it 's fallen by about fifty or sixty in the last eight months . |
| 3 | After a hostile demonstration by some 500 or 600 of the men , the appellants ' colliery manager , James , was informed by the men 's committee that the strikers were going to get the ‘ safety men ’ out . |
| 4 | When you come down from twenty to eight or nine in a season , you know |
| 5 | ‘ There are very few craft-based training centres with dedicated training classrooms , where each student , eight or 12 to a classroom , has his or her own stove , bench and drawer . |
| 6 | In addition to the known central features at the systemic velocity of the galaxy ( corresponding to the velocity of its centre ) , there are strong redshifted features with intensities of about one-half or one-third of the main features at ( where LSR stands for local standard of rest ) and weak blueshifted features with intensities of about one-tenth at — 300 to -460kms -1 . |
| 7 | When a less opaque finish is required , tape abrasive paper of grade 500 , 800 or 1200 to a wood block and proceed as if planing , keeping the paper well wet with water . |
| 8 | It is the plan of agitators and the way of sensational writers to confound the two in one , to talk of ‘ starving millions ’ and to tack on the thousands of the working classes to the tens or hundreds of the distressed . |
| 9 | Then one evening — I must have been 12 or 13 at the time — we were driving back from visiting my nan in Kent . |
| 10 | Twenty per cent of them were aged 7 when first abused , 40% were 12 or 13 at the time . |
| 11 | if you 're obstructing the flow of traffic by doing twenty in a forty or fifteen in a thirty then they can , by law , do you . |
| 12 | Sparcstation 1 , 1+ and 2 users — even in some respects IPX customers — will be able to upgrade to either the Model 30 or 41 via a chassis and motherboard swap out . |
| 13 | Payment under items 1 , 2 or 3 of the Policy would stop any weekly benefit which was being paid . |
| 14 | The reduced number of banks participating in venture capital financing has meant a dramatic reduction in the availability of debt , and gearing levels demanded by the banks who do participate have fallen sharply from 7:1 or 8:1 at the height of the boom to 1:1 or less . |
| 15 | The Vendor is not in relation to the Business a party to any agreement , practice or arrangement which contravenes or is subject to registration under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Resale Prices Act 1976 or the Competition Act 1980 or which contravenes the provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973 or which would or might either result in a reference to a ‘ consumer trade practice ’ within the meaning of Section 13 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 or to the Consumer Protection Advisory Committee under Part II of that Act or contravene any of the provisions of Articles 85 or 86 of the Treaty of Rome or any other anti-trust or consumer protection legislation . |
| 16 | Keeler 's conclusion is that a weed must bear 10 or 11 of the tell-tale traits to be seriously weedy . |
| 17 | Depending on the reputation of the artist , the agent makes a deal to split this percentage of the ticket money from 70:30 up to 90:10 or 95:5 in the artist 's favour . |
| 18 | If integration in the EC increases , so will Germany 's weight within it , particularly within an inner concentric circle or club of six or eight of the kind emerging after the Dutch Presidency proposals in September 1991 — and which Germany would dominate . |
| 19 | Dairyman Crick milked six or eight of the difficult ones with his own hands . |
| 20 | And that er church school took us to the standard , at that time , called standard one , which was in a big school , about half a mile away and was built by the Nottingham Education Committee and was one of say , six or eight in the Nottingham area , I suppose . |
| 21 | Britain usually send six or seven for the relay team but for Los Angeles the selectors decided to rely on the sprinters that had been picked for the individual events . |
| 22 | you know if the SEL are doing concerts on the basis of six or seven of the same , I 'm , I , I really do n't know enough about it |
| 23 | Three members of the Cabinet came to the Assembly , and six or seven of the ANC executive . |
| 24 | On Friday evening , we were visited by six or seven of the Chinese participants in the Friendship Hotel , and chatted with them in a relaxed manner , although they did n't seem keen on accepting whisky ! |
| 25 | Every man took his turn in commanding his section of six or seven in a task designed to test his planning , leadership and coolheadedness under pressure . |
| 26 | The combined numbers of these three are perhaps 100 or 200 at the most , although an urgent conservation programme has been under way since 1980 . |
| 27 | Church Lane in St. Giles , London ( a notorious ‘ rookery ’ ) had 655 people in its 27 houses , 4.9 to a room ) according to a London Statistical Society survey of 1841 , and in 1847 , 1,095 or 8.1 to a room — an increase due partly to comprehensive redevelopment nearby , partly to renewed Irish immigration after the Famine of 1845–6 . |
| 28 | The Lanx , a rectangular dish , 48 x 38 cm and weighing over 10lbs , was discovered by chance in February 1734 or 5 in the bank of the River Tyne at Corbridge in Northumberland by the daughter of the local cobbler , from whom it passed into the hands of the Dukes of Northumberland . |
| 29 | There may also be good reason for deleting reference to the contemplation of proceedings under ss 146 or 147 of the Law of Property Act 1925 , as the costs recoverable under such a provision may not be easy for the tenant to assess and counter . |
| 30 | They 'll brighten any room — group them together in clusters of three or four for the most eye-catching effect . |