Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [art] [det] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | The initiating processes in all these interactions are referred to as biological interface conversion processes and can be easily studied in the eye because contact lenses can be removed and analysed after only a few minutes ' wear . |
2 | It is particularly appropriate for young patients with diabetes of only a few years ' duration and without complications . |
3 | If the sociologist regards the interview schedule ( and , as we shall discuss later , the questionnaire ) in this way then he will not rush blithely into the field with a schedule which is the product of just a few hours ' odd jottings on rough paper . |
4 | But any minister of even a few years ' experience of Christian leadership will be able to tell you of Godly issues which were debated in his Church with a bitterness and rancour totally out of harmony with their subject . |
5 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
6 | In its first annual report , it pointed to the difficulties in some areas particularly in the south-east and the west midlands where the available land was limited to only a few years ' supply . |
7 | Liza had written some weeks ago to say that John had been sent , at only a few hours ' notice , on a course . |
8 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
9 | The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice . |
10 | Inside sources claim that Cobain is devastated by the revelations , and the possibility that Nirvana may cancel their appearance at Reading Festival is very real , given that the band were prepared to scrap their jubilant homecoming show at just a few days ' notice . |