Example sentences of "[adv] eight or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of this area was thoroughly watched between 1965 and 1970 , and the records obtained then indicated a marked decrease , with only eight or nine regularly-occupied sites . |
| 2 | Reflecting on Down 's immediate future he adds : ‘ You have to remember that the championship is only eight or nine weeks away so the more competitive football we get the better . |
| 3 | His fears seem to be well founded , for a move towards regionalization is now occurring , with a proposal that the forty-three forces disappear into perhaps eight or nine giant regional units . |
| 4 | Involving you know just eight or nine people . |
| 5 | so they 're doing it from the age of possibly eight or nine some people , certainly down right the way through |
| 6 | If you look at a bar code it will normally be accompanied by a long number ( usually eight or thirteen digits long ) . |
| 7 | She resembles closely the ‘ buxom Welsh cousin named Florence , who was probably eight or nine years my senior ’ , so described in The Childhood , with whom he spent ‘ the most blissful hours ’ in country walks from his grandmother 's Swindon home to Shaw or Lydiard when he was ten or eleven . |
| 8 | That was a a a boy of course , little boy , I would n't be probably eight or nine years old . |
| 9 | An independent survey by accountancy firm Price Waterhouse suggested that the imposition of VAT would force the closure of 20pc of regional newspapers — probably eight or nine in Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | Now eight or nine-year-olds are being taught about periods in schools . |
| 11 | Despite the difficulties there are now eight or nine themes that define the programme of the physics committee of the science and Engineering Research Council . |
| 12 | At either end of this , a heavy duty vice having jaws about eight or nine inches in length . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful . |
| 15 | I believe Warwick changed over to using steel truss rods about eight or nine months ago but I would urge owners to have their basses checked as soon as possible , and would appreciate some kind of response from Warwick as to the precise situation . |
| 16 | ‘ A good age to start music lessons is about eight or nine when children are reading well , ’ she says . |
| 17 | Harold was about eight or nine and he was always playing and running about in that meadow yonder . ’ |
| 18 | Two of the dead were children , a girl aged about eight or nine and a boy of about eleven years , they were travelling together , but otherwise unaccompanied . |
| 19 | I only done about eight or nine in all the time I was there . |
| 20 | While both databases run in 30 separate environments , only about eight or nine of these generate between 85% to 90% of worldwide turnover . |
| 21 | But Brown said , while both databases run in approximately 30 separate computing environments , only about eight or nine of these generate between 85% to 90% of worldwide turnover . |
| 22 | The committee which runs this elaborate web of activity includes about eight or nine people , half men , half women . |
| 23 | We rode hard all night and it was about eight or nine o'clock in the morning when we reached Strelsau . |
| 24 | See at I 'll wake up about eight or nine o'clock , but round here you wake up at six . |
| 25 | Down below the bridge , he knew , about eight or nine shambling street people would be setting up the plastic pallets and bakers ' trays that would keep them off the floor for the night . |
| 26 | And I could see during the week this was , in the mornings you know , say about eight or nine to ten in the morning , and I could see the figures of the ladies there , cleaning the windows in the morning . |
| 27 | I was on the circular sa saw there for about eight or ten years . |
| 28 | About eight or 10 chief constables are not asking for an increase in police forces for next year — — and I shall be glad to send the right hon. Gentleman a list . |
| 29 | where I think we 've er lost track of about eight or nine people . |
| 30 | Erm you get most of your you know you The amount of weight and height you put on from say , nought to six months and then six months to two months and by the time you 've got to about eight or something . |