Example sentences of "or [num] [noun] and [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It includes PCX and GIF in its file formats , works with Hercules and above in 2 , 16 or 256 colours and can print to laser or dot matrix . |
| 2 | The tribunal ruled that Mr Brennan had no family responsibilities and so could live away from home for two or three years and could return home every eight weeks or more often if he chose to pay his own fare . |
| 3 | They become mature and adult for working purposes at about eight or nine months and will continue to work for the duration of their life . |
| 4 | Software Developer 's Co Inc , Hingham , Massachusetts is cutting its workforce a swingeing 20% or 71 employees and will take a one-time charge of about $450,000 : as part of the reorganisation , the company accepted the resignation of Peter Brumme , executive vice-president and chief operating officer and Robert Brennan , vice-president of worldwide sales , and neither will immediately be replaced ; it says it plans to enter technically-oriented software markets for engineers , scientists and mathematicians . |
| 5 | When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , I would predict that we will see Ray 's name in the records books before long , though , perhaps not until he turns the grand old age of 60 in another three or four years and can make a new charge up the age-group ladder . |
| 7 | Amongst smaller introduced animals are fire ants , which out-compete with the native ants ( and which can cause uncomfortable nights for camping scientists ) ; and cockroaches , which have been discovered on one or two islands and may have been transported inadvertently amongst supplies destined for scientists doing long-term research . |