Example sentences of "few [noun pl] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I completed tidying the loft , sneezing a few times as the golden space filled with motes of shining dust . |
| 2 | Now , just as the long-standing debate had been settled , here was Kammerer adducing experimental evidence in favour of Lamarck 's discredited theory , for he was claiming that the pads had been ‘ re-evolved ’ in a few generations as a direct consequence of the parents being persuaded to mate once more in water ! |
| 3 | If travelling in a car , you might stop for a few minutes as a penalty , refusing to speak to the child until he behaves . |
| 4 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 5 | On the telephone , I was greeted with a very friendly and hearty ‘ Well … well … well ! ’ and we chatted for a few minutes as if there had been no break in our contact . |
| 6 | Working people and shoppers here have as much right to sit in the sunshine at lunchtime for a few minutes as their counterparts elsewhere in the country . |
| 7 | For a fraction the ball wavered in flight , Davies running a few paces as if in pursuit to help the ball on its way . |
| 8 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 9 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 10 | Companies ' p&l accounts will undergo a radical change over the next few months as the Accounting Standards Board 's FRS 3 , which deals with the structure and content of the p&l account , comes into effect . |
| 11 | It 's understood the jobs will disappear over the next few months as part of a slimming down exercise . |
| 12 | There were a great many houses in the vicinity of Hadleigh of the same sort of size as Wyvis Hall and a newspaper would be likely to describe anyone who possessed a few acres as a ‘ landowner ’ . |
| 13 | The particular needs of elderly members of ethnic minorities will become more important over the next few decades as the population ages and its profile becomes similar to that of the white population . |
| 14 | There were few transfers as a result , since the exam used had already segregated them . |
| 15 | These are likely to be hefty in the next few years as the European Community ( EC ) tightens the rules on drinking water and imposes new ones on sewage disposal . |
| 16 | This uneasy compromise was not a major difficulty during the first few years as the national economic problems of the early thirties , reductions in public expenditure and depressed employment conditions all led to severe restrictions on the development of adult education . |
| 17 | There followed a few years as a ‘ journeyman ’ caddy , industrious years but without great success . |
| 18 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 19 | Siemens also says it expects losses at the semiconductor division to go on , saying that the prospects of it breaking even over the next few years as a result of cost-cutting had been dampened by weak demand . |
| 20 | Lafaille , a 26-years-old professional guide from Gap , has emerged in the last few years as a climber of unique all round ability . |
| 21 | Although the numbers of part-time teachers have declined in the last few years as a result of financial stringency , their contribution to the colleges remains important . |
| 22 | And certainly , trade book publishing did not do at all badly in nineteen ninety one in a recessionary environment and erm , there are , as Frank has mentioned particularly within Penguin , quite a lot of internal restructuring has gone on and one would hope that margins would improve over the next few years as a result of that . |
| 23 | This aspect of the work has been phased out over the last few years as the UK content in most projects has risen to more than 70 per cent , leaving OSO to concentrate on its other roles in encouraging research and development into new offshore technology and using UK expertise to gain export orders on the back of North Sea achievements . |
| 24 | SAVE produced a leaflet , above , within a few days as part of the campaign . |
| 25 | He has described the press response in the next few days as a ‘ lunatic uproar ’ . |
| 26 | Few interceptions took place over the next few days as the R.A.F. licked its wounds . |
| 27 | United have shown signs of nerves in the last few weeks as the First Division title race approaches its climax . |
| 28 | Lurgan publican Ralph Hewitt faces an election after only a few weeks as a director of Glenavon . |
| 29 | there 's been no records or even wins for the England cricket team this summer … but all that could change over the next few weeks as the Womens Cricket World Cup gets underway … its being played in this country … the official opening is in London tomorrow … and England have a chance of winning … in the team are two Oxfordshire girls |
| 30 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |