Example sentences of "or [adv] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of miles of Midland and East Anglian hedges have been ripped out in the last thirty years or so to accommodate the new agricultural demands and techniques . |
| 2 | Making money on speculative stocks was a far more remote possibility than on British Telecom or TSB , although it might have taken them six months or longer to discover the bitter truth . |
| 3 | Moreover , as we shall see when we discuss collaborative teaching later in this chapter , it is much easier for two teachers than three or more to undertake the shared planning on which the success of classroom collaboration depends . |
| 4 | But he 'd plainly told her on Tuesday that it would take a week or more to get the necessary replacement part , so what was the point in ringing him ? |
| 5 | These three members of the Procellariidae family have one thing in common : they are all ‘ night birds ’ , only coming in to the screes and grassy slopes of the cliffs under cover of darkness to change places with their mate on the single egg , deep within a burrow , or later to feed the young . |
| 6 | At the time of writing , its report is still awaited , but it seems certain that legislation will shortly be introduced to end or sharply to modify the present law . |
| 7 | The disruptions and abuse preceding adoption may cause some children to be disturbed or even to reject the adopting family . |
| 8 | ( Mostly it had not , since it was unable to acquire the land put on the market , or even to understand the complex legal processes which led to its expropriation . ) |
| 9 | You may choose to use initials for something which is mentioned frequently or simply to write the first half of the word . |
| 10 | In principle on such a scheme it would be possible for every candidate to get a pass mark , or indeed to get the highest grade . |
| 11 | MDH says it needs to develop an entirely new helicopter — either civil or military — ‘ to propel it into a leadership with another helicopter company ( or several , possibly splitting civil/military business ) in the USA or abroad to provide the necessary investment . |
| 12 | You may move up , down or horizontally to find the next letter but not diagonally . |
| 13 | The kind of occasion when this injunction might apply would be when a prisoner deliberately fasts to bring about a change in his status , or else to cause the maximum amount of embarrassment to the authorities . |