Example sentences of "[noun] in a [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 2 | It is impossible to convey to an outsider in a few short words the hothouse emotional atmosphere of such an establishment , with its all-too-conscientiously suppressed sexuality , and the consequent hysteria , or just plain silliness . |
| 3 | Perhaps , as ATP 's Weller Evans suggests , trying out a ‘ no let ’ rule in a few special matches or even among juniors might be worthwhile — a simple , sensible case of do n't knock it until you 've tried it . |
| 4 | The first exercise can now be taken further : establishing the figure in a few choice lines . |
| 5 | The first exercise can now be taken further : establishing the figure in a few choice lines . |
| 6 | Physical chemists like Vernon Harcourt in Oxford were just beginning to study reaction-mechanisms in a few simple cases in the 1860s , and at the same period in France P. M. Berthelot was performing total syntheses , and in Norway C. M. Guldberg and P. Waage discovered the Law of Mass Action governing chemical equilibria . |
| 7 | He strode past her , crossing the gravel in a few long strides to open the door of his car . |
| 8 | It is perhaps appropriate to stress again that where playwrights require pages of dialogue to explain every factor in the development of the plot , to create a changing atmosphere and to show how the actions affect the actors in the play , dancers can communicate whole passages of dialogue in a few expressive gestures woven into enchaînements . |
| 9 | The core of this project is a detailed investigation of the processes of social , economic and political change which are taking place in a few selected villages in the area from which the majority of Pakistani settlers in Britain originate . |
| 10 | Treatment is usually a lotion which kills the lice and nits in a few easy applications . |
| 11 | It says avoidance of the substance causing the allergy is the first line of treatment followed by drugs , where possible , to relieve symptoms and by desensitisation in a few selected cases . |
| 12 | She crossed the room in a few quick strides , grasped the handle of the door set in the wall and pulled . |
| 13 | 18 Ross argued that an asset 's average long-term return is dependent on its sensitivity to unanticipated changes in a few economic variables . |
| 14 | No. 11 Commando became involved in fighting the Vichy French in Syria , while No. 8 Commando took part in a few unsuccessful raids along the North African coast , transported into action by the Navy . |
| 15 | In this section the facility of the Laplace transformation technique will be demonstrated by applying it to find the transient response in a few illustrative cases . |
| 16 | It is impossible to summarize the history of English towns in the late Middle Ages in a few convenient generalizations . |
| 17 | The milk sprayed into the bucket in a few short spurts and Piladu pushed the animal forward , let two heavily pregnant ewes push past him and reached out to grasp the wool of a lamb that was trying to jump the rail where the Captain and the Brigadier were leaning . |
| 18 | I tried to find a method whereby I could seize the effect of motion … how to arrest a movement in a few bold strokes , catching the passing moment and finding new forms … my goal was always to express emotion and experience with large and simple forms and clear colours ’ . |
| 19 | Attractive as they are , specialised feeders such as these will be doomed to starvation and death in a few short weeks in the aquarium . |
| 20 | Specialist data archives differ from the rest of the Archive in a few key ways : |
| 21 | VRI in a few European locations accounted for about 2000 departures in 86 and 87 . |
| 22 | Where the growing season in short , a successful stratagem of many plants is to remain small , grow short flowering stems , and invest their small savings of energy in a few well-endowed seeds . |