Example sentences of "or [prep] [adv] by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 2 | Which of the four common jobs in 1980 may almost have disappeared by 1990 or at least by the year 2000 ? |
| 3 | Molly understood that water would come by lorry during the afternoon or at least by the evening . |
| 4 | Women have no say in their marriages : often they are married when still babies , or at least by the age of five in a group ceremonial marriage , for youths , held for them at the close of their bachelor hut initiation period . |
| 5 | I shall refer to those who believe that differences in attainment appear during adolescence as the A group , and those who argue that these differences are evident during ( or at least by the end of ) the primary years as the P group . |