Example sentences of "be [adv] [num] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a guess I 'd say he 's probably been dead five or six hours but do n't hold me to that . |
| 2 | Thus it has been held that there was a course of dealing where the parties contracted three or four times per month for three years ( Kendall v Lillico ) and where there had been 81 transactions over a period of six years ( SIAT di del Ferro v Tradax Overseas SA [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 470 ) , but not where there had been only three or four contracts over a five-year period ( Hollier v Rambler Motors ( AMC ) Ltd [ 1972 ] 2 QB 71 ; in addition the alleged course of dealing was not consistent ) . |
| 3 | I think there are perhaps one or two who are very , very aware and are making their own life uncomfortable about it , but I think they 're so much in the minority that it 's the other lot that we should be worrying about . |
| 4 | There are perhaps two or three hundred uniforms on display , scarlet , blue , gold and white . |
| 5 | The combined numbers of these three are perhaps 100 or 200 at the most , although an urgent conservation programme has been under way since 1980 . |
| 6 | It is known that some of the unicellular organisms in the sea today are only one or two million years old ( very little in geological terms ) , in fact they are probably as young as man himself ! |
| 7 | There are only one or two minor casualties . ’ |
| 8 | There are only one or two quarries in the parish of Swanage still working , the majority being in Langton and Worth . |
| 9 | It might seem naive to assume , as grand unified theories do , that there are only one or two layers of structure in this enormous interval . |
| 10 | Earlier in the 90's , ‘ Virtual Reality ’ came available to the public , and in the whole country there are only one or two places , you can go ; Both in London . |
| 11 | If there are only one or two sedimentological theses in one year , the list compiler may have chosen to combine this category with that for stratigraphy . |
| 12 | They have been successful … the crime rate in the city is down by five hundred offences a month … there are only one or two displays now a week … but they do still happen . |
| 13 | With three or four slips and gulleys , a short leg , a third man and a fine leg , there are only two or three men in front of the wicket ! ’ |
| 14 | Unfortunately , there are only two or three tanners left in the country who produce the type of leather that 's suitable for this trade . |
| 15 | Normally by now there would be six or seven almost certain , but this time there are only two or three . |
| 16 | It looks to my lay eye extremely impressive yet the eerie fact remains that it engages missiles when they are only 2 or 3 seconds away from hitting a ship . |
| 17 | Since they have been selected for fast growth , these birds are only seven or eight weeks old when they are transported — really just overgrown chicks . |
| 18 | The advantage is that , on the Macintosh , there are only three or four real standards ; one for text , one for bitmaps , one for object graphics and one for scanned material . |
| 19 | Public schools , there are only three or four fairly close . |
| 20 | Mosaic panels are usually 300 or 450mm ( 12 or 18in ) square , while planks are generally 75 or 100mm ( 3 or 4in ) wide , and come in a range of lengths to allow joins to be staggered from one row to the next . |
| 21 | And there are generally one or two people who get ill each year after a bite . |
| 22 | If there are already five or six firms of solicitors in your town with well-established reputations for traffic work it might not be the best idea to pursue that when trying to increase your market share . |
| 23 | But there are just one or two things I would like to ask you , ’ said Mahmoud . |
| 24 | The ‘ open cup ’ principle holds good for most types — there are just two or three growth habits like Bourbons and Musks that do not lend themselves to it too well , and we will deal with them later . |
| 25 | They wo n't come up to you because they think you 're dirty , because you got pregnant and you 're only fourteen or fifteen , but if you 're seventeen or eighteen it does n't matter , you 're old . |
| 26 | There 're just one or two minor announcements . |
| 27 | It seems to me that there 're just one or two points in which Nigel er needs to respond , so I 'll ask him to do so briefly . |
| 28 | you 're under 18 or |
| 29 | you 're under 16 or |
| 30 | you 're under 16 or |