Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rio Tinto has bought into all the mines only in the past few years ; and it has its sights set on expansion . |
| 2 | Because something has come to my mind only during the past few days , when I learnt that the Gipsy Working Party by five votes to four had recommended that the Rockhill site go forward for consultation . |
| 3 | Most of them had visited the invalid often during the past few months , marvelling at his gallant spirit and his unfailing good temper . |
| 4 | The irony of her situation struck her several times over during the following few days . |
| 5 | On the last count alone , Jerry Lee Lewis has justified his status a hundred times over in the past few days . |
| 6 | However , the claims of the majority of those seeking asylum here during the past few years — and of the cases that we have determined — were unfounded in United Nations convention terms . |
| 7 | Such obscurantism has badly damaged the NUT , which has seen its membership fall steadily in the past few years , while the more moderate AMMA 's has gone up . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've spent over £400 in petrol alone over the past few months , taking him to meetings and training ’ , Mr Brice confirmed . |
| 9 | However , the results — far from presenting a more ‘ acceptable ’ picture of English housing — bore out everything that housing experts had been warning the government about for the past few years of increasing housing cuts . |
| 10 | Many beekeepers have been examining their bees carefully for the past few years in efforts to find the mite . |
| 11 | Indeed , Lindsell regards this as virtually a twelfth business — and one which has also returned to profit after losing money heavily in the past few years . |
| 12 | The vendor 's company may be able to carry earlier losses forward to set off against the gain or if the capital assets were bought by the company only within the past few years , it is possible that there may be a loss rather than a gain . |
| 13 | Zeolite chemistry has made remarkable strides forward in the past few years . |