Example sentences of "for [adv] [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | We look in vain for strikingly deviant or schematic uses of language in James . |
| 2 | The devaluation of 1967 ( which reduced the dollar rate of the £ from $2.80 to $2.40 ) did something to redress the balance for perhaps two or three years but , for the reasons discussed earlier , its impact was limited [ Artus , 1975 ] . |
| 3 | Therefore I think it would be a better idea if units could be set up and the children could be taken out of an ordinary school for perhaps one or two or three years , according to how much time is required , where they could give the individual attention and the specialist teaching to help them to overcome this particular problem . |
| 4 | People argue and give evidence to the Committee , for perhaps 10 or 12 weeks or longer . |
| 5 | The simpler forms are designed for less prestigious or valuable property . |
| 6 | His attention had been drawn away for only five or six seconds and there were surely only half a dozen shops that she could have entered . |
| 7 | The letters arrive all year round though Praise Be is shown for only five or six weeks a year . |
| 8 | Baskets for carrying your tackle box , reels , bait , flasks , sandwiches , etc. , and for sitting on , are , I suppose , fine if you fish for only two or three hours at a stretch . |
| 9 | Articles in industry are not the best preparation for private practice , and unless you have a fairly fixed intention to make your career in industry or commerce you may find it difficult to settle down even for only two or three years in the atmosphere of a company 's legal department . |
| 10 | Rawsthorne points out that Lawrence is more about sexuality than specific acts of sex which account for only two or three sections of the 600-page novel . |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't sit there all day holding the rod and feeling for only one or two bites , which is all you get on the water I fish , ’ and , ‘ I 'd like to see anyone catch fish from my local cut when touch legering . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If Pears was going to be out for only one or two games I would send for Ironside . |
| 13 | In the 1960s , the under-twenties accounted for only 5 or 6 per cent of total unemployment : in April 1985 , the figure was 15.6 per cent and this was not untypical of the early 1980s . |
| 14 | Moreover , it was a scarcely a trifle or a thing easy to get , for Mulgrave 's predecessor in office , Lord Chatham , had a list of 165 candidates with vacancies for only sixteen or seventeen a year . |
| 15 | The slash-and-burn type of shifting cultivation has been used continuously for some 2000 years in Indomalesia , each patch being cropped for only 2 or 3 years , the people at a density of some five or fewer cultivators per km 2 . |
| 16 | He expected to be there for only three or four days , but he was kept in for a fortnight . |
| 17 | Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so . |
| 18 | The power delegated to him must never be misused for merely personal or even dynastic ends . |
| 19 | Outings can be for just one or two residents to go somewhere they want to , or it may involve the whole staff and all the residents . |
| 20 | Although a few may achieve this goal , better racing would result if fewer ‘ classes ’ were created and there was stronger support for just one or two of the better examples . |
| 21 | Although the bulk of candidates may continue to be those whose aim is to complete a full HNC or HND course , many , who are interested in retraining or improving their skill level in a specific area , might welcome the opportunity to study for just one or two HN Units . |
| 22 | If one observes the horizontal projection of the motion for just one or two periods then one sees a quite well-defined orbit ; one can say whether the bob is moving on a circular , elliptical or linear path , how big this is , and how , for an ellipse or line , it is oriented . |
| 23 | If you add up all the various er stroke and heart and lung diseases , er you account for possibly fifty or sixty per cent of all the deaths that occur in Great Britain each year . |
| 24 | Proposals for further new or revised OESs are included and comments are invited before 30 April 1992 . |
| 25 | Data archives store , catalogue , index and disseminate the data for further contemporary or historical research . |
| 26 | For more complex or specialised enquiries , your local branch or Business Centre will put you in touch with specialists including those in the column on the right . |
| 27 | The efficacy of definitional overlap varies greatly across domains , such that specialist dictionaries may be required for more esoteric or specialist domains . |
| 28 | The main advantage of this type of support is that it keeps the joint warm , but it has to be said that it is not really suitable for more recent or severe injuries . |
| 29 | Credit costs are lower than they would be if they had to provide for more bad or difficult debts . |
| 30 | Throughout the text , other works are cross-referenced for more detailed or specific assistance to a practitioner who may be looking into one particular area in more detail . |