Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] few [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first few days the hands and feet become too sore to practise with , but in time they become sufficiently conditioned to withstand the constant impact and calluses begin to develop in the key areas . |
| 2 | For the first few weeks the cast used the bedrooms as dressing rooms . |
| 3 | For the first few years the Sunday School met in a private house , possibly that of a Mr Thomas Leathem . |
| 4 | For the first few years the maximum carriage length remained at 42ft . |
| 5 | For the first few years the work was concerned with the Old Red Sandstone along the southern margin of the Highlands but soon men were stationed at various points around the Grampians , including the Moray Firth area , and were advancing towards the higher ground . |
| 6 | For the first few years the remands were unopposed , since it would plainly have been inappropriate to proceed against the applicant whilst the Carrian prosecution was still afoot . |
| 7 | The CNAA could not establish boards for every subject component of degrees in education , and in the event for the first few years the Committee for Education , using a range of specialist panels in support , itself carried out the validation work . |
| 8 | However some employers must have moved more quickly , since the Scotsman for the same day carried the following report : The masters say they have engaged workmen from England who have proved equal to the occasion , while for the past few weeks an experiment was made with educated females at the case . |
| 9 | Although occasionally Dutch finance companies with Antillean parents ( taxed at a turn on the interest in the Netherlands ) are still seen , for the past few years the perceived wisdom has been that the Swiss finance branch structure is superior . |
| 10 | For the past few years the incoming information has been startlingly similar from one season to the next . |
| 11 | For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt . |
| 12 | He was n't yet quite in the Michael jackson class , but for the last few months the little boy had been difficult in the extreme . |
| 13 | For the last few years the sum has been £1 0 . |
| 14 | For the next few days the bone marrow which was taken from Carly will be incubated with the reprogrammed cells in a laboratory in Leiden . |
| 15 | For the next few weeks the debate on the reforms rolled on . |
| 16 | For the next few weeks the male passes food for his entire family through this hole until the female breaks the wall down and leaves the hole to help him collect the increasing quantity of food demanded by the growing chicks . |
| 17 | For the next few years the horde ravaged at will through the mountains , desecrating shrines , despoiling tombs , and waylaying travellers , but Grom was unable to take any of the Dwarf holds or bring them to battle . |
| 18 | For the previous few years the soap factory had been losing business because of imports of synthetic detergents , mainly through Lever Bros , the local branch of Unilever . |
| 19 | During the following few days a number of people in the bus will go down with a cold and will likely blame the poor soul who was suffering on his journey home . |
| 20 | During the past few months the change to End Product Duty has made Stretton a Customs & Excise Bond , and Albany 's extensive experience in bonded warehouse operations came in useful . |
| 21 | During the past few years a number of different models for hospital services for attempted suicide patients have been developed . |
| 22 | During the next few experiences the discrimination may still be uncertain — ‘ which ’ , we ask ourselves , ‘ of the two wines is this present specimen ? ’ |
| 23 | During the next few months a violent fascist backlash , an orchestrated campaign of civil disorder and terrorism culminating in armed insurrection , led Nizan to the conclusion that very firm Republican counter-measures were necessary . |
| 24 | During the next few days an amazing amount of evidence came to light . |
| 25 | The first teashop opened in 1894 in Piccadilly , and during the next few years a chain of teashops was opened in London . |
| 26 | During the next few years the plague was always with us . |
| 27 | During the next few weeks the thoughts continued to come and go . |
| 28 | However , during the last few decades a further , more marked , decrease occurred from values around pH 6 to the present-day values of about pH 4.5 ( figure 4.8 ) . |
| 29 | During the last few years the Printing Division has been able to offer photosetting via its P.E . |
| 30 | During the last few years the notion of ‘ citizenship ’ has been increasingly and widely discussed amongst different constituencies addressing different aspects of the topic , with somewhat confusing consequences . |