Example sentences of "or [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was about ten or eleven at the time , but I had ‘ known ’ since I was about six . |
| 2 | In one particular case we find progressive assimilation of manner , when a word-initial follows a plosive or nasal at the end of a preceding word : it is very common to find that the C i becomes identical in manner to the C f but with dental place of articulation . |
| 3 | Mrs Margery Teasdale , of Guisborough , remembers the operas put on by Tippett , even though she was only seven or eight at the time . |
| 4 | Acknowledge just how much you have learned from those experiences which may have appeared difficult or unpleasant at the time . |
| 5 | We probably know quite a lot of people who are taking exams of one sort or another at the moment . |
| 6 | The 100 consecutive patients were all Tanner stage 1 or 2 at the time of diagnosis . |
| 7 | The term ’ provisional sum ’ is defined as ’ a sum provided for work or for costs which can not be entirely foreseen , defined or detailed at the time the tendering documents are issued ’ . |
| 8 | So that was er that was how and I was in I was I was at Well I think I was about nineteen er eighteen or nineteen at the time you know . |
| 9 | Chapter 12 on school worship will take up this point , and discuss the possibility of overcoming the unfortunate dichotomy between Christian or multi-faith at the practical point of assemblies . |
| 10 | Brushes do last fairly well , but the little plastic discs need replacing when they get torn or jagged at the edges . |
| 11 | The other large grey goose , much darker , especially on head , neck and forewing than Greylag ; bill rather longer , either all orange-yellow , or orange-yellow at the tip and blackish at the base : legs orange . |
| 12 | Where many teams would be content to boot the ball deep and far , the Boks have shown that they do n't mind taking a risk or three at the highest level — very exciting and very dangerous . |
| 13 | She wondered how long it would be before Kathy grew alarmed If Clare was n't home and had n't telephoned by two o'clock — or three at the latest — she reckoned that Kathy might phone the police , who would surely find her before long . |
| 14 | My work this year is very much on the ground — there will be only two abstract things — or three at the most — all the rest is objective — as objective as I can make it … |
| 15 | NSAID intake was noted as either intermittent or regular at the time of the first endoscopy only . |
| 16 | ‘ We were nine or ten at the time . |
| 17 | Anyone who is 71 years old or older at the date of the accident . |
| 18 | Anyone who is 71 years old or older at the date of the accident . |
| 19 | Choose plants that should reach the desired height without becoming bare or ragged at the base ( this can be a problem with berberis ) . |
| 20 | She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about . |
| 21 | That does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy — crimes such as theft , fraud , murder , etc. will never become fashionable — but ‘ social ’ crimes such as publishing indecent or obscene material are dependent on society 's perception of what is or is not indecent or obscene at the time , and the legislation of one period may be inappropriate in another period of time , to the extent that resorting to the courts to deal with the matter may be quite inappropriate and ineffective . |
| 22 | Five feet four or five at the most , looking almost as round as he was high , with a balding pate that rose like a monk 's tonsure through an unruly and still retreating fringe . |
| 23 | And so it came about that while the Operational Staffs of the three Service Ministries were grappling with the Suez crisis of 1956 , which entailed increasing the Defence effort and calling up reservists to fill gaps in the order of battle for the contingency plan Musketeer , they were answering questions posed by the Hull Committee about the implications of halving Service manpower by April 1960 or 1961 at the very latest ! |
| 24 | Then one evening — I must have been 12 or 13 at the time — we were driving back from visiting my nan in Kent . |
| 25 | Twenty per cent of them were aged 7 when first abused , 40% were 12 or 13 at the time . |
| 26 | The reason for such a power is that contemporaneous reporting may prejudice either the proceedings in question ( as where the material — although heard in open court — has not been made known to the jury ) or some further proceedings which were pending or imminent at the time . |
| 27 | You you do n't go from er you you 're not you have n't got like ongoing assignments three or four at the same time ? |
| 28 | As traditional Italian dances are often sung , the performers pose solemnly fur a second or two at the end of each phrase . |
| 29 | IT MAY SEEM paradoxical to describe Mrs Curdle 's gipsy caravan first , for it only stood on the green for a day or two at the end of April and beginning of May each year . |
| 30 | Lady Dedlock staying at the Hotel Bristol , Place Vendôme , is ‘ bored to death ’ there ( a Parisian Sunday described : people ‘ playing with children among the clipped trees and the statues in the [ Tuileries ] Palace Garden ; walking , a score abreast , in the Elysian Fields , made more Elysian by performing dogs and wooden houses ; between whiles filtering ( a few ) through the gloomy Cathedral of our Lady , to say a word or two at the base of a pillar , within flare of a rusty little gridiron full of gusty little tapers ’ ) , BH 12 . |