Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] few " in BNC.
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1 | Unfortunately , to guarantee that four satellites will always be visible would require 24 of them — and there will not be that many around for another few years . |
2 | So for another few weeks or months the question of the unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions is still open . |
3 | ‘ It 's only for another few days then I 'll sign off , ’ Dad promised . |
4 | They 're keeping him in hospital for another few days to carry out more tests . ’ |
5 | Wondering why he had n't been awakened for his breakfast , he contemplated snuggling down beneath the covers for another few moments when he heard the door bell ring . |
6 | We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard ! |
7 | The passage continued for another few metres . |
8 | Dexter did not see Blanche for another few hours . |
9 | Roman observed her for another few moments . |
10 | Keith obviously is still continuing because s again some money was found to keep his , to keep paying him for another few months . |
11 | Yet the thought of being cooped up indoors for another few hours made her feel almost suicidal . |
12 | I waited for another few seconds and then crossed the landing to my own flat where I completed my own process of locking myself in for the night . |
13 | On Aug. 27 the USA had announced that 1,500 US troops would remain in Kuwait for another few months . |
14 | ‘ Ah , we can leave that for another few days , then I 'll see one of these film people the General mentioned . |
15 | ‘ I have looked after myself so hopefully my body will repay me by keeping going for another few years . |
16 | Would the er patients be seeing the doctor as well as the midwife during this few months before they were going |
17 | The method I prefer , however , is just to make a play of looking at the coin after each few rubs on the elbow . |
18 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
19 | Instead , place the emphasis on the more straightforward reasons for leaving , after all few decisions are the result of just one factor but are usually the result of a combination of circumstances . |
20 | Despite this few governments would suggest that national aims of equity be scrapped . |
21 | Maybe someone else would like the look of these few chapters . |
22 | Furthermore , of these few results , a substantial number were for charcoal , with all the attendant problems of possible age offset due to ‘ old wood ’ ( see p. 121 ) . |
23 | It is important to take into consideration more than one eye-witness report of these few seconds ( and the Gaumont newsreel film ) in an effort to decide what did happen ; but no account or film can tell us exactly what Emily Davison 's motive was . |
24 | It is surprising how much of these few lines finds an echo in The Silmarillion . |
25 | Of those that did , only a tiny proportion happen to lie in the rocks that outcrop on the surface of the ground today ; and of these few , most will be eroded away and destroyed before they are discovered by fossil hunters . |
26 | In fact , Posner ( 1974 ) points out that there is very little research indeed that can be considered as a direct test of the economic theory , and the results of these few tests are not clear cut . |
27 | Moderator it 's hard within the space of these few minutes to give a sense of the breadth of the Board 's work . |
28 | I was glad of these few minutes alone with Eric . |
29 | She would make the best of these few days up here , work and yet take time to relax and most of all to forget Fernando Serra . |
30 | Clearly , though , despite these few shortcomings , the warning display is a useful one . |