Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [num] or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Secretary of State share many people 's concern about the fate of some 100,000 Soviet or ex-Soviet nuclear scientists who seem to be voting with their feet , particularly those who appear to have the skills to dismantle the 27,000 or so warheads , and the possibility that those skills may be lost ? |
| 2 | Try to catch a dozen or so adult ladybirds or larvae and place them in your aphid cage . |
| 3 | Once the basic outline of the artist 's sketches were reproduced , it was up to a team of colourists , some obviously better than others , to colour the 200 or so copies of each plate . |
| 4 | I was relieved to see a dozen or so people form up in front of me . |
| 5 | Busy accountants would obviously like to save the 100 or so hours of training time that structured CPE can save them ( through the difference between obtaining the recommended target of 150 CPE points from 50 structured hours or 150 unstructured hours ) . |
| 6 | But to say " all barristers in chambers at 4 Dr Johnson 's Buildings are thieves " would be sufficiently specific to allow the dozen or so barristers in those chambers to take action . |
| 7 | The money had been donated by Tokyo Sagawa Kyubin , but Haibara refused to name the 60 or so politicians to whom the money was later distributed to assist with their re-election campaigns . |
| 8 | After saving up my hard-earned wages for the past four and a half years I managed to scrape the 1750 or so quid together and bought myself the most stunning quilted maple P.R.S. Custom you ever saw . |
| 9 | Then thinking , What if fresh relics should chance to get a million or so volts up them ? |
| 10 | Pete is actually prepared to import a hundred or so himself if necessary . |
| 11 | Since that time they have been selectively-bred throughout the world to produce the 100 or more different varieties that are available today . |
| 12 | This is the major drawback of the postal method , where response rates , usually around 30–40 per cent , are lower than in face-to-face research , which can hope to achieve a 70 or even 80 per cent response . |
| 13 | ‘ Yeah , ’ he says , opening the cigarette case to reveal a dozen or so neatly rolled spliffs . |