Example sentences of "or so [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of this can come as no surprise , since one of the greatest difficulties which confronts the medical legal commentator in dealing with the treatment of the terminally ill is that techniques and technology have developed and changed with such rapidity in the past decade or so that it is only vaguely that the problems are perceived , let alone responded to by developing a general consensus in the form of law . |
| 2 | King cobras curl around their pile of eggs , encircling it with their coils , and crocodiles stay alongside their nest of decaying vegetation for the two months or so that it takes the eggs within to hatch . |
| 3 | Books by , and about , lesbians have been in comparative abundance in the last 5 years or so but it 's debatable whether this literary output has served as insular affirmations or taken lesbian sexuality a little further down the road of acceptance . |
| 4 | Radio and TV can react even more quickly than daily newspapers , with an item going on air only an hour or so after it has been received . |
| 5 | ‘ You just keep on for half a mile or so and 't is up on your left . |
| 6 | In fact I have made one very important friend in the past week or so and it 's ironic that your last letter is responsible for this friendship ! |
| 7 | Okay so it 's being fairly cloudy this morning around er , well the last half hour or so and it 's going to black for a fair while across lunchtime . |
| 8 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 9 | It will need renewing every seven years or so as it is not long-lived . |
| 10 | You should try to prevent this situation arising , possibly by exercising the dog on the leash for a day or so if it has shown a tendency to behave in this fashion in the past . |
| 11 | Put the filling into the pre-baked pastry case and bake at 350°F ( 180°C ) gas mark 4 for 20 min or so until it is hot and just set . |