Example sentences of "or [adv] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they probably are quite expensive but I mean I I 'm sure A and N or somewhere , Debenhams or somewhere would have them |
| 2 | Certainly Mr Mansbridge from his vantage point of above or below can enjoy our acclaim at his pictorial success . |
| 3 | He had an idea that Dinah might not be permitted to open her own letters , or perhaps would throw them aside if there were too many admirers ; but surely she would take notice of the sketch . |
| 4 | In general those rural areas experiencing persistent loss during the inter-war years were the uplands and other remote places ( which in a generation or so would experience a surprising resurgence ) ; in contrast , persistent increases occurred in rural places adjacent to the large urban areas . |
| 5 | So a week or so may elapse between the first and the last eggs hatching . |
| 6 | Many cases of childhood eczema may be due to allergy to cow 's milk , but some 50 per cent or so may clear up quite spontaneously , without any change in diet . |
| 7 | Even so , Galileo had many topics on his mind and was not solely doing astronomical research , so that the priority of a month or so could have been true . |
| 8 | We estimate an hour or so will see us there . |
| 9 | At any rate , another hour or so should allow time for Adam to realise you 're not going to meet him . |
| 10 | Progress over the next two months or so should take me back to climbing . |
| 11 | Since then , most of the ‘ gay ’ movies , from Victim ( 1961 , starring Dirk Bogarde ) to Desert Hearts ( 1986 , Donna Deitch ) have — or soon will have — reached the small screen with little or no controversy . |
| 12 | An officer of the rank of superintendent or above may delay access where the detainee is suspected of a serious arrestable offence and where the officer reasonably believes that one of the following will result from allowing such access : |
| 13 | In reality , a superintendent or above may authorize detention for up to thirty-six hours . |
| 14 | Many people mistakenly believe that using a sunscreen factor 6 or above will prevent tanning altogether . |
| 15 | Colleagues who rank as director or above will have no logos but will have the RBS coat-of-arms emblazoned on the front doors , while main board directors will in addition fly corporate flags from the front grill . |
| 16 | Anyone aged 18 or over may apply to borrow amounts from £500 to £15,000 for practically any purpose , for example , a new car , electrical goods , furnishing or home improvements . |
| 17 | There are three types of community charge , and nearly everyone aged 18 or over will have to pay at least one of them . |
| 18 | Nearly everybody who is 18 or over will have to pay the Personal Community Charge/Poll Tax . |
| 19 | Children who are 4 or over should use an adult seat belt if available . |
| 20 | Anyone aged 18 or over can open one Tessa , to run for five years . |
| 21 | a ‘ statistically average ’ person aged 16 or over can expect : a robbery once every five centuries ( not attempts ) , an assault resulting in injury ( even if slight ) once every century , the family car to be taken by joyriders once every 60 years , a burglary in the home once every 40 years . |
| 22 | Anyone aged 18 or over can hold a PEP as long as they are resident for tax purposes in the UK . |
| 23 | We began our preparation just over a year ago when Father Tim announced that people of 15 years or over could apply to be confirmed . |
| 24 | Ethnicity is not , however , always marked by linguistic distinctiveness , Labov 's work with Italian and Jewish speakers in New York City shows that such distinctiveness may persist for several generations , or conversely may disappear with the first generation of native-born speakers who nevertheless maintain a strong sense of ethnicity ( Labov 1972b : 281 ) . |
| 25 | And the they used to when they would speak Orcadian among their their pals and then when they when they were playing games all the kids the Orcadian ones whether they were Orcadian or not would adopt this American drawl and they all spoke like that . |
| 26 | Whether this chairman goes along with the president or not may turn on many factors , but bargaining is very likely to play a part . |
| 27 | It may be harder to keep seeing change as ‘ challenge ’ rather than ‘ threat ’ when the going gets tough , but whether you can or not may say more about the way difficulties are met and the emotional repercussions they generate than about their very existence . |
| 28 | Part of the decision as to whether to justify text or not should rest on the type of product that is being produced . |
| 29 | One might attempt to reject that entire discussion on the grounds that whether we have free will or not can make no difference to the way we live our lives . |
| 30 | Whether you can get help or not will depend on your needs and your income and savings , and whether there is anybody else who can provide the help that you need . |