Example sentences of "or so [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viewed together , they showed that by 1920 or so every single female in the United States would have to work as a switchboard operator . |
| 2 | Over the last 12 months or so a new microwave product has been made available to the caterer — the combination microwave . |
| 3 | The ground rose slightly , then dipped ; after a hundred yards or so a shallow outcrop of rocks hid the house . |
| 4 | During the last decade or so a wide range of what were once considered to be mundane or esoteric problems concerning the English countryside have been thrust to the forefront of public attention by the apparently sudden and widespread increase in anxiety about ‘ the environment ’ . |
| 5 | Only one of the brand-new lifts is working , or so a smudged note scrawled in chalk on a blackboard attempts to tell us : ‘ Due to a defect , certain lift operations suspended . ’ |
| 6 | Within the next , er month or so a national consultation is being held within the URC to consider the advice of producing a programme of training for eldership which will be used throughout the call of the church and if there are any suggestions or any proposal that anyone would like to make I shall be very glad to receive them within the next month . |
| 7 | At £26 or so a square yard , Cottage Collection may not leave you with a lot to spend on lavish celebrations . |
| 8 | AT £26 OR SO A SQUARE YARD , COTTAGE COLLECTION MAY NOT LEAVE YOU WITH A LOT TO SPEND ON LAVISH CELEBRATIONS . |
| 9 | Johnson grasped hold of some solitude and became for an hour or so a noble savage and a member of the armies of medieval romance , communing with nature on the bank of a stream : ‘ The day was calm , the air soft , and all was rudeness , silence and solitude . |
| 10 | It would be more surprising if it were otherwise — or so the new novel seems to tell , or remind . |
| 11 | I understand John McGrath 's sentiments but over the last decade or so the political dynamic of our society has changed so much , the social fabric has been so profoundly ravished that a different form of theatre is called for . ’ |
| 12 | FOR THE last 10 years or so the British insurance community has attracted an enormous amount of takeover activity . |
| 13 | Or so the medical propaganda would have you believe . |
| 14 | After a mile or so the Old Man is reached , just south and west of the actual Point Of Stoer ( 25 minutes ) . |