Example sentences of "[adv] in [art] few [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of 149 respondents , 18 subjects agreed firmly with the statement that " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " , and a further 23 thought this was perhaps true . |
| 2 | In the Hull survey one of the statements to which respondents were invited to agree was " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " ; 18 endorsed this statement , and 23 thought it was maybe true , out of 149 . |
| 3 | Every sunset the apes would return from their day 's foraging to sleep in the branches of this giant tree , and we were driven to distraction by our repeated attempts to film them properly in the few seconds after they arrived and before the sun set . |
| 4 | Even in the few years since Volumes I and II of the Supplement were published , numerous words and meanings in the range A-N have emerged which are therefore not to be found in the largest Oxford Dictionary . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'd have half the police force here in a few minutes if we did , ’ she said . |
| 6 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |
| 7 | Every nation believes that its enemies were the aggressors , and may make war again in a few years unless they are utterly defeated . |
| 8 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |