Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you 're more or less convinced that we pulled it off ? ’ |
| 2 | It was on the tip of his tongue to observe that Burun was no more or less trustworthy than he had ever been , but he realised suddenly that he would be stating the obvious . |
| 3 | Most natural minerals are brittle because they are more or less homogeneous but it happens that a few have cleavage planes of about the right strength . |
| 4 | One group of sites could be seen to be more or less contemporary because they produced the same types of tool , while those which produced other types could be shown to be earlier or later in date . |
| 5 | Cos I was more or less going as she come in . |
| 6 | He asked me if I 'd been to Eton , but seemed more or less satisfied when I told him I was educated at Cheltenham Ladies ’ College . |
| 7 | 1.9 In every case the onus lies on the defendant to prove that the plaintiff should have been wearing a seat belt and that his injuries would have been avoided or less severe if he had been . |
| 8 | We were always the guests of some local parish priest , and our outings were great fun as we were allowed to run more or less wild once we had arrived . |
| 9 | This chapter has offered a summary of what is more or less evident when one looks at teachers ' lives today . |
| 10 | Oh going back to the apprenticeship you were more or less left as you stood because I I thought that journeymen were very what 's the word very er they were only too willing to let you know what was going on and when you think about it you can see why . |
| 11 | Touching : We all know when something is so hot that it burns our fingers or so sharp that it hurts to touch it — but how much do we think about the other things we touch ? |
| 12 | The change in net debt , er worth referring worth mentioning minus three point three million that much worse would have been significantly lower thirty five million or so lower if we 'd had the same year end exchange rate as we did in nineteen ninety one . |
| 13 | It must not be so different that unity is destroyed , or so similar that it gives no feeling of change . |
| 14 | ‘ So he went off in such a hurry or so worried that he forgot to cancel . |
| 15 | The product itself , for example , though useful may be so commonplace or so inexpensive that it has little intrinsic interest outside its own application . |
| 16 | Perhaps by then the Government may have some strategy that will provide work for the million or so unemployed that it overlooks while compiling the official figures . |
| 17 | When she lifted her head , the sun made everything very black or so white that it hurt her eyes . |
| 18 | Similarly , the term " English " is not as inert or technically neutral as it appears in the recommendations . |
| 19 | Slowly , however , the Romans had to learn to govern Celts , and this became an even more pressing responsibility when Spain was organized in two provinces in 197 B.C. For three centuries the Romans were steadily engaged — among their multifarious commitments — in annexing territories which were partially or totally Celtic until they came to control the greater part of the Celtic-speaking world . |
| 20 | Guards were either abruptly mistrustful or effusively friendly when they discovered that you could speak their language . |
| 21 | You can be as active or as lazy as you wish ; the important thing is that it is something you want to do rather than something you feel you should do ; |
| 22 | It can be as large or as small as you want it — a stately-home herb garden with grand borders , " knotted " beds , paving , pergolas and a pool with goldfish ( or carp , to be in keeping with the true tradition of the old monastery herb garden ) . |
| 23 | But it is as dashing or as docile as you want , giving a ride that is firm but supple . |
| 24 | Amid the peace and comfort of your surroundings , you can enjoy healthy and delicious food , natural therapies and treatments , and any exercise can be as rigorous or as gentle as you wish . |
| 25 | He was being serious , or as serious as he knows how . |
| 26 | ‘ He has told me all your story , or as much as he knows . |
| 27 | There are concerts or ballet in the Kurtheater and with your hire car — picked up on arrival in Munich just 90kms away — the opportunities to explore the stunning scenery all around will make a GTF holiday as full or as relaxing as you choose . |
| 28 | Get to know them , and they 're never as glamorous or as perfect as one imagines . ’ |
| 29 | It is open to the parties to use a description as broad or as narrow as they choose . |
| 30 | You can take all in the line or as many as you like but you can not take from more than one line . |