Example sentences of "or [adv] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Spanish ADC , General Alava , however , remembered to his dying day the way his heart sank on hearing his Commander cheerfully giving orders for ‘ cold meat at dawn ’ before a long day 's reconnaissance , or perhaps a day 's hunting in Portugal with his ‘ family ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ In a fortnight 's time , or perhaps a day or so before ; it all depends on the weather . ’ |
| 3 | This is in spite of the emerging medical consensus that people who drink up to four drinks or so a day live longer and are less likely to suffer from heart disease than either abstainers or heavy drinkers . |
| 4 | Easy to reach by road and rail , Sedgemoor is nearer than you think and whatever your needs — a family holiday by the sea — a weekend break in unspoilt countryside — or just a day out , a warm West Country welcome awaits you in Sedgemoor . |
| 5 | Come for the week , half the week , or just a day . |
| 6 | Although their main purpose in life was the Opus Dei , the nine hours or more a day spent in the choir of the great church , the abbey was the centre of a complex industrial and social organisation . |
| 7 | Since oestrogen is a potent inhibitor of bone resorption , we investigated changes in calcium metabolism in women with hot flushes. 37 postmenopausal women ( at least 9 months after the last menstrual period ) were divided into groups according to the frequency of hot flushes over 4 weeks : ( A ) subjects without flushes ( 18 ) , and ( B ) with less than 2 ( 7 ) , ( C ) 3–9 ( 6 ) , and ( D ) 10 or more a day ( 6 ) . |
| 8 | Thus we have seen that British capitalism in the 1860s abandoned non-economic compulsion of labour ( such as the Master and Servant Acts which punished breaches of contract by workers with jail ) , long-term hiring contracts ( such as the ‘ annual bond ’ of the northern coalminers ) , and truck payments , while the average length of hiring was shortened , the average period of payment gradually reduced to a week , or even a day or an hour , thus making the market bargain more sensitive and flexible . |
| 9 | In many of Morton 's experiments , priming effects of much longer duration were observed : there can be as much as half an hour between the primer and primed , or sometimes a day or more ( Scarborough , Cortese and Scarborough , 1977 ) . |
| 10 | We go once or twice a day now . |
| 11 | The arrival of a train would be a significant event , galvanizing a whole community into action perhaps only once or twice a day . |
| 12 | If there is no other system of air-conditioning , and the window can not be open all the time because of draughts or security , it should at least be opened once or twice a day for a spell . |
| 13 | Important : This relaxation exercise is most beneficial if practised once or twice a day on an empty stomach , or at least an hour after eating . |
| 14 | The cream need only be lightly massaged with the finger tips either once or twice a day and the manufacturers stress that you do not have to knead or use a special applicator . |
| 15 | The fertilized egg , now known as a zygote , continues to move along the Fallopian tube towards the uterus , and while it does so , divides once or twice a day . |
| 16 | He bullied and punished me , not two or three times a week , not once or twice a day , but all the time . |
| 17 | Weaver and Steiner found that 85% of 1 to 4 year old children passed stools once or twice a day , and 96% did so three times daily to once every other day . |
| 18 | Youngsters love it but the 220-year-old automaton is only operated for a minute , once or twice a day . |