Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [prep] [art] [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 2 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 3 | The easier areas of supply are beginning to become saturated and over the last few years more effort has tended to be put into SUPPLYING gas to outlying villages which , because of the application of modern pipelaying techniques , and the subsequent reduction in unit costs , have become more attractive . |
| 4 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 5 | The raid netted him £500 million and over the next few weeks he made his strategy clear . |
| 6 | The FT-SE 100 Index shed around 4 points at 2717.9 at the close but over the next few weeks all eyes will be on the pound . |