“one or two +复数名词”的单复数问题

“one or two +复数名词”结构作主语时,谓语动词总是用复数例如:

There are one or two problems to be tackled today.
One or two soldiers have to be sent.

但:

Only a word or two is(或 are) misprinted.
A word or two is (或 are) missing here.