Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] in [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We look forward to a generous settlement in a few weeks ' time when he might deal with the London Regional Transport anomaly which is afflicting us as Members representing outer London . |
2 | The imposition of a slightly lighter sentence in a few cases would seem to be a small price to pay for the conviction of more guilty offenders . |
3 | ‘ I 'll bring you some tea in a few minutes , ’ he said . |
4 | Look , I 'm going to be snarled up in another meeting in a few minutes . |
5 | Er , we need to also think about erm , er , B types , because B types may not be being assertive , and I shall talk about assertive behaviour in a few moments . |
6 | There will be definitional and ultimately theoretical problems in a few cases where land-use decisions are shared in a complex manner between a small group like a household , and a larger community . |
7 | The preparations for an " open-book " examination should rather consist of preparing adequate notes — possibly in swot-card form of all aspects of the work , with , perhaps , the support of marked passages in a few textbooks . |
8 | What permitted the concentration of foreign trade in a few ports was the complementing of overseas trade by coastal trade . |
9 | ‘ An Army lorry is due along this road in a few minutes . |
10 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
11 | I 'll get you some food in a few minutes , but first let's have your shoe and stocking off . ’ |
12 | At the same time , the social benefits in the few years since 1979 have been significant . |
13 | ‘ The pictures are standard practice in a few health surveys , ’ said Miss Snowdon . |
14 | My hon. Friend 's question speaks for itself , and no doubt we shall hear more about such matters in a few minutes . |
15 | A saying that conveys much meaning in a few words ; short poem ending in a witty turn of thought . |
16 | One of the deals , being kept under wraps until an official announcement in a few weeks , is believed to be a lucrative shirt sponsorship package — but chairman Wallace Mercer is refusing to say if it involves current sponsor Strongbow . |
17 | Page 29 Sterling slumps : The pound posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost six pfennigs in a few hours to close at DM2.9737 . |
18 | I shall deal with that point in a few moments . |
19 | Is it likely that there are other pupils who may turn up in that room in a few minutes ? |
20 | Mrs Padmore , as we know from the memorandum at the front of the file , is going to be transferring to the Economic Secretariat in a few weeks ' time . |
21 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
22 | Previous studies in a few patients suggest that carcinoid diarrhoea is , at least temporarily , improved with methysergide , ICS205–930 ( a 5HT 3 antagonist without 5HT 4 effects ) , and ketanserin . |
23 | These figures suggest that employers , at least with the present education system , largely feel that basic knowledge in a few subjects is all that they find useful for their purpose . |
24 | On the one hand , cognitive-behavioural interventions with a high turnover and short contact have yielded promising results in the few studies in which they have been attempted . |
25 | He absorbed the little gray figures in a few seconds and his face bulged . |
26 | The introduction of a financial quota system inevitably placed unprecedented responsibilities on most branches and student groups to make tangible contributions to support their activities , and those of the District , which led to predictable objections from some branches and to genuine difficulty in meeting the allocated quotas in a few instances . |
27 | We 'll catch up with her continued efforts in a few weeks time when Zoe Muir reviews the progress of all our healthy lifestylers as they hit the three month mark . |
28 | In spite of being so fair , his skin had taken on quite a deep tan in the few days they had been there . |
29 | Planning these raids had moved a long way in a few months , as explained in Chapter 10 . |
30 | WONDERFUL WOBURN produced a number of surprises this year at the annual gathering of the de Havilland Moth Club in the picturesque grounds of Woburn Abbey over the weekend of August 15/16 although strong winds and generally poor weather in the few days leading up to the event meant that the number of foreign Moths arriving was down on previous years . |