Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a few [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 2 | For stable samples we rarely need to obtain spectra in a hurry , and commercial spectrometers generally operate on timescales ranging from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 3 | Faulting takes place through sudden , rapid movements over distances ranging from a few centimetres to several metres . |
| 4 | It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution . |
| 5 | The mothers talking in this book are mainly in their mid to late teens , with children whose ages range from a few months to four years . |
| 6 | ‘ I think that it is tremendous that the Australian Wine Bureau is offering so many people the chance to play tennis competitively at great venues and I am looking forward to passing on a few tips to the winners — before joining them in a celebratory glass of Australian wine . ’ |
| 7 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 8 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 9 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 10 | Bottlenose dolphins have a heart rate of 80–90 beats per minute just after ‘ blowing ’ , slowing within a few seconds to 33–45 beats per minute and remaining at that rate until the next blow . |
| 11 | In any case it succumbed within a few years to the stresses of the Seven Years War , and was not revived until 1775 . |
| 12 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 13 | In the Sheriff Court the adjustment period can range from a few weeks to a few months , depending on the whim of the Sheriff . |
| 14 | The length of single eruptive episode , which can range from a few days to several years , will depend on the eruptive energy available once the ground surface is broken . |
| 15 | The results can take from a few hours to over a week , depending on where you go to be tested . |
| 16 | Dragging with them seventeen unwieldy brass cannon from Edinburgh castle , they took Norham castle on the south bank of the Tweed , and pressed on a few miles to Flodden in Northumberland . |
| 17 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 18 | Some lending organisations charge a Mortgage arrangement fee , which can vary from a few pounds to around £50 . |
| 19 | The hostile groups outside Fascist meetings increased from a few protesters to thousands of demonstrators on certain widely reported occasions . |
| 20 | He might look like an old man who 's been run over a few times to you , but to me … ’ he puffed his chest out even further ‘ … he 's a vicious criminal . ’ |
| 21 | If she needs nursing care , arrangements can sometimes be made for her to be admitted for a few weeks to the local hospital on medical recommendation . |
| 22 | Courses can last from a few weeks to several months depending on what you want to achieve . |
| 23 | The regiment 's first official title after the 1881 merger was The Halifax Regiment ( Duke of Wellington 's ) but this was changed after a few weeks to The Duke of Wellington 's ( West Riding Regiment ) and again in 1920 to The Duke of Wellington 's Regiment ( West Riding ) . |
| 24 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |