Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Test for toxicity with a few Daphnia in the container , as they are more sensitive to toxins than most freshwater fish . |
| 2 | Caught off guard for a few moments , the gap between the two cars widened noticeably , before the cab screeched around a right-hand bend , losing it altogether . |
| 3 | Decisions , then , should be made on a much more impressionistic basis ( intuition mixed with analysis of a few alternatives ) , provided that the actions taken do not offend the organization 's ideologies . |
| 4 | forbidding the use of capillary fittings containing lead-based solder on pipes supplying drinking water ( see Chapter 2 ) n changing the size of flushing cisterns used with WCs ( to come into effect in a few years ' time — see Chapter 8 ) |
| 5 | The estates varied in size from a few units in piecemeal developments to 30 or 40 plots on well serviced , carefully planned schemes . |
| 6 | Sarella lay fuming in bed for a few minutes before flinging back the duvet and running to the window . |
| 7 | Frozen in shock for a few seconds , she recovered her wits sufficiently to let out an outraged scream , and to catapult into a kneeling position , grabbing the bedspread to cover herself . |
| 8 | For example , if sulphate is added to the diet of methanogenic individuals , competitive displacement of methanogenic bacteria occurs and hitherto undetectable sulphate reducing bacteria begin to appear in faeces within a few days . |
| 9 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 10 | ‘ I told him you would not be returning to Milano for a few days . ’ |
| 11 | However , as reported by others in a few patients , higher numbers of dundic argyrophil cells ( +48.5% ) were observed in patients with MEN 1 associated than sporadic type Zollinger-Ellison sydrome . |
| 12 | HANS Wagenknecht , 24 , is a physics student from Germany who will be looking for work in a few years . |
| 13 | He certainly seemed below par in the few mid-season matches last year , but the whole team looked poor in those . |
| 14 | Azerbaijan has about a third of the world population of mud volcanoes , which range in size from a few metres to several kilometres across the base . |
| 15 | Flatbed plotters range in price from a few hundred pounds to several thousand pounds . |
| 16 | The turtles however , die from infections within a few weeks . |
| 17 | Hardraw Force is the highest surface waterfall in the country ( although exceeded in height by a few underground streams descending into potholes , Fell Beck in Gaping Gill being a notable example ) and the most beautiful . |
| 18 | It can accommodate simulations of drainage-basins ranging in size from a few hectares to 40 000 square kilometres . |
| 19 | Stonegate Teddy Bears stocks hundreds of different models , ranging in price from a few pounds to around £300 . |
| 20 | The service provided , and fee are matters to discuss initially with an Architect , ranging in cost from a few pounds upwards . |
| 21 | Pat sat smoking in silence for a few minutes and no one else spoke but suddenly he said , ‘ How much of it was real , Julia , when you come to think of it , and how much for fear of what people would say ? |
| 22 | The Trade Practices Commission has recommended that record shops be free to import directly , leading to price reductions and improved service ; however the Government , bowing to pressure from a few local ( pop ) musicians , has failed to act . |
| 23 | In Phanerozoic time ( the time which has elapsed since the beginning of the Cambrian ) there have been three such ice ages , separated by intervals of a few hundred million years when the world enjoyed a more equable climate and lacked extensive polar ice caps . |
| 24 | The narrow neck just south of Aldeburgh appears to be surprisingly resistant : it was breached , however , by the 1953 floods , but reformed by bulldozers within a few days . |
| 25 | It does not need a massive administrative apparatus for this , but can work through negotiations between a few key individuals in the state and business sectors . |
| 26 | Ann will look after things for a few days . |
| 27 | ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night . |
| 28 | The sergeant confirmed that that happened with bodies after a few days . |
| 29 | Tribes vary in size from a few hundred individuals to many thousands of warriors . |
| 30 | They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels . |