Example sentences of "[verb] from [art] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 2 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Faulting takes place through sudden , rapid movements over distances ranging from a few centimetres to several metres . |
| 5 | The amount of venom injected varies from species to species , ranging from a few microlitres in highly venomous sea snakes to six or seven millilitres in the diamondback rattlers and pit vipers . |
| 6 | It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings . |
| 9 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 10 | In the Sheriff Court the adjustment period can range from a few weeks to a few months , depending on the whim of the Sheriff . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The results can take from a few hours to over a week , depending on where you go to be tested . |
| 13 | Some lending organisations charge a Mortgage arrangement fee , which can vary from a few pounds to around £50 . |
| 14 | It can therefore vary from every few minutes to once a year but I usually begin with once a day . |
| 15 | The hostile groups outside Fascist meetings increased from a few protesters to thousands of demonstrators on certain widely reported occasions . |
| 16 | Victoria 's open face , freckled from a few weeks in the Mediterranean sun , was clouded with bewilderment . |
| 17 | Courses can last from a few weeks to several months depending on what you want to achieve . |
| 18 | After its recognition in 1936 and its description as a clinical entity in 1938 , the prognosis has improved from a few months of life to a median age of survival of over 20 years . |