Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence TL is normally used in the following situations : beyond the range of radiocarbon : when no organic material has been preserved on the site : when the association between the event to be dated and the radiocarbon content of the organic samples is poor ; or for the few periods where the age range on a calibrated radiocarbon age is larger than the corresponding TL error term . |
| 2 | After a few minutes more the conversation was beginning to flag . |
| 3 | One of two possible methods is to divide off one end of the tank using a clear divider and install the new fish into the smaller section , after a few days when the other occupants of the tank have accepted the newcomer then remove the divider and let all of the fish mix . |
| 4 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
| 5 | This can best be seen in the appointment of commissions to assess the subsidy on aliens granted in Edward IV 's last parliament , one of the few cases where the council took positive decisions about personnel rather than ( as with the sheriffs , for instance ) simply confirming Edward IV 's appointments . |
| 6 | This can best be seen in the appointment of commissions to assess the subsidy on aliens granted in Edward IV 's last parliament , one of the few cases where the council took positive decisions about personnel rather than ( as with the sheriffs , for instance ) simply confirming Edward IV 's appointments . |
| 7 | They were never very significant , few are well-documented , and many are now abandoned , but they represent , in the old and densely occupied county of Somerset , one of the few cases where an area was colonised and settled . |
| 8 | I paused at one of the few spots where a bright streak of light fell across the boards and , as she approached , said : ‘ Ah , Miss Kenton . ’ |
| 9 | In doing so it became one of the few countries where the brand has an active agency handling Guinness through the retail distribution system . |
| 10 | Economists are warning that a prolonged strike in the industry — one of the few sectors where the US enjoys a positive trade balance — would have a serious impact on the American trade deficit . |
| 11 | It was also one of the few occasions where the singer 's sense of humour was enticed from the shell . |
| 12 | While this does not appear to be such an earth shattering decision , it is one of the few occasions when a coroner 's action has been criticised . |
| 13 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
| 14 | I am pleased to be able to confirm that the setting up of Council Tax liabilities for individual properties is now complete within the computer software , with the exception of a few properties where the rebate entitlement has still not to be finally resolved . |
| 15 | Those who did marry all left the trade , except for a few cases where the husband was a serving soldier abroad during the war . |
| 16 | Sarah watched for a few moments when the game began , then went off to look for her Nature treasures . |
| 17 | For a few moments more the warlock held his/her shape and Jaq almost despaired . |
| 18 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 19 | Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port . |
| 20 | There was a hush for a few seconds then a roar from the French civilians , men , women and children , ‘ Encore , encore , encore , Tommy . ’ |
| 21 | If you can occupy a unit of Elf archers for a few turns then the exchange can sometimes be worth it . |
| 22 | In the few cases where the church plan diverges from the conventional arrangement by including only a single side aisle rather than the normal two , this volume , rather than the nave space , can be used to accommodate the dwellings access corridor , although it is noteworthy that in the conversion of St James 's Church , Farnham , Surrey , which is also described in this chapter , the optimum cross-sectional treatment of such an asymmetrical plan placed the longitudinal access corridor in the former nave space , the aisle projection being used to accommodate living-rooms . |
| 23 | Therefore , arbitrage can lead to the sale or purchase of very large blocks of shares , irrespective of the price , in the few minutes when the delivery price is determined . |
| 24 | ( The Soviet stance vis-à-vis Iraq had hardened noticeably during November with disillusionment over the expectation that 1,000 Soviet nationals would be allowed out within a few weeks following the Oct. 28-9 visit of Yevgeny Primakov [ see p. 37758 ] . |
| 25 | But as with Gibson 's non-reverse Thunderbirds — and remember , until a few years ago the same could be said for Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters — they are just not currently de rigueur . |
| 26 | Until a few years ago the parish had the right to nominate one person to the Aims Houses at Cobham , also known as Cobham College . |
| 27 | At the moment we are also paying for a specialist company to provide address labels in postcode order ( to quality for Presstream ) because until a few weeks ago the National Office computer could not do this task . |
| 28 | In a few cases where a horn has been removed this can be proved by stating so or by an admission on the part of the defendant . |
| 29 | Todays toil to lower the level of the brook takes a bitmore than one man and his dog , but the necessary speed of the work means thispiece of Georgian architecture will be hidden once more in a few days when the brook 's allowed to flow through here again . |
| 30 | Rather , indicate in a few words how the rest of your answer would proceed if you had time . |