Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 One of the few exceptions to this was Stonehenge , which always seems to have been regarded as extremely old and to have excited theories about how the lintels were raised : one early theory was that the magician Merlin placed the stones .
2 Clearly there are other choices for the parameters , but for all realistic values the critical concentrations will be small , and the length scale of the individual layers will be a small fraction of the chamber depth in the range of a few centimetres to several metres .
3 Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas .
4 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 .
5 The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours .
6 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 .
7 It can accommodate simulations of drainage-basins ranging in size from a few hectares to 40 000 square kilometres .
8 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 .
9 It varies in height from a few inches to two feet depending on the habitat .
10 Faulting takes place through sudden , rapid movements over distances ranging from a few centimetres to several metres .
11 The hostile groups outside Fascist meetings increased from a few protesters to thousands of demonstrators on certain widely reported occasions .
12 The Buchs site offers large scale production facilities , now approved to GMP standard , manufacturing over 4,000 products in quantities from a few grammes to small tonnage .
13 It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution .
14 Courses can last from a few weeks to several months depending on what you want to achieve .
15 The duration of obstructive symptoms varied widely with a range from a few weeks to several years .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 A lot of small codling in the Menai Straits , plus a few dabs to 1 lb at Port Dinorwic and Beaumaris .
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