Example sentences of "[num] [coord] more [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That done , she went over to the school playground to face the forty or more children for whom she alone would be responsible that day . |
| 2 | The lack of inflation between the wars allowed merchants to hold large stocks that were ready for drinking within two years , and weekly deliveries by Berry Bros. to the cellars of the aristocracy and English gentlemen could be up to thirty dozen or more bottles for immediate use . |
| 3 | In the first car he was stopped ten or more times for no reason at all and always asked the same questions : is this your car … are you sure that it 's your car … are you sure it is n't a stolen car , and then asked to produce his driving documents . |
| 4 | 12 of the 13 Colleges who responded to this question had 6 or more staff for this purpose , and most of the Polytechnics made similar returns . |
| 5 | You will also need one or more containers for holding the woodlice while you are testing them . |
| 6 | The Input/Output Interface contains one or more chips for handling signals between the computer and other devices , such as disk drives , printers and visual display units ( VDU 'S ) . |
| 7 | One or more cages for the caterpillars-you can buy these ( see address on p. 60 ) , or use the spider cage ( Chapter 1 ) or make your own special caterpillar cage . |
| 8 | Subscribers would have the usual privilege of sending in one or more subjects for treatment , proportional to their subscriptions . |
| 9 | Graham says DEC will sign agreements with ‘ one or more partners for Alpha by the end of the year , ’ but claims it is ‘ not important to conclude a third-party manufacturing deal immediately . ’ |
| 10 | Another milestone was passed in 1989/90 with more than 200,000 candidates registering for one or more modules for that year ; indeed the growth in the number of candidates has been so strong that it is likely to pass 225,000 this year , a rise of more than 15% . |
| 11 | The user logged onto LIFESPAN has tried to submit a DC which references one or more modules for which access is not possible ( since they are password protected ) . |
| 12 | The user logged onto LIFESPAN has tried to activate a DC/DCs which reference one or more modules for which access is not possible ( since they are password protected ) . |
| 13 | If someone has difficulty in dressing , make it easier with one or more aids for dressing — do n't just do everything for them . |
| 14 | Men who could afford the luxury owned their own horse , plus one or more horse-litters for their family . |
| 15 | However , most sites do create a VMS user to do the LIFESPAN Managerial and Administrative duties ( eg. starting and stopping LIFESPAN processes , validating LIFESPAN databases , running the Hard Copy system ) and allocate one or more UICs for the LIFESPAN Process(es) . |
| 16 | In a supermarket , for example , there will be one or more checkout points ( probably near the doors ) , various shelf units/freezers , and perhaps one or more counters for cheese , meats and so on . |
| 17 | This too failed , on the basis that in unlawful means conspiracy , as in conspiracy to injure , there must be an intent to injure the plaintiff , and conspiracy should not be extended ‘ beyond acts done in execution of an agreement entered into by two or more persons for the purpose not of protecting their own interests but of injuring the interests of the plaintiff . ’ |
| 18 | Multi-word concepts Some subjects can not be described satisfactorily with one word , but require two or more words for their specification . |
| 19 | Schools are often obliged , therefore , to amalgamate two or more classes for massed singing , or to rely heavily upon BBC Schools ' broadcasts . |
| 20 | Since 1900 , Britain has been governed by outright , formal coalitions of two or more parties for 7 years between 1915 and 1922 , for 1 year from 1931 to 1932 , and for 5 years from 1940 to 1945 . |
| 21 | In the event of two or more applicants for the same franchise , both parties will be able to submit higher bids . |
| 22 | But in his lordship 's day , that room was regularly required , as was the long table that occupied it , to seat thirty or more guests for dinner ; in fact , the banqueting hall is so spacious that when necessity demanded it , further tables were added to the existing one to enable almost fifty to be seated . |