Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] to [det] " 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 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Faulting takes place through sudden , rapid movements over distances ranging from a few centimetres to several metres . |
| 7 | It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution . |
| 8 | Courses can last from a few weeks to several months depending on what you want to achieve . |
| 9 | The duration of obstructive symptoms varied widely with a range from a few weeks to several years . |
| 10 | 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 . |