Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vendor will be required to warrant that no industrial action has been taken or threatened in the last few years . |
| 2 | You can also use your Card to call up the balance , print-out or order a statement , or look at the last few transactions on your account at one or more of the new AutoBanking machines we are installing up and down the country to help you . |
| 3 | The cubs , all between three and seven weeks old , have been found orphaned or abandoned over the last few weeks . |
| 4 | He could n't go back now , not after all the planning and scheming of the last few months . |
| 5 | Do n't panic about a squint that comes and goes in the first few months , though , as this is quite normal and happens because she has n't developed binocular vision yet . |
| 6 | During January , six planets are visiting your sign , so to say that life 's likely to be busy , fun and demanding for the next few months is an understatement . |
| 7 | Defending her life and being jolted and shaken over the last few days had left her exhausted . |
| 8 | Utilitarianism has been both vigorously defended and attacked in the last few decades . |
| 9 | I was looking down at my plate , licking my finger and picking off the last few crumbs , transferring them to my mouth . |
| 10 | We 've noticed that the numbers of young homeless people who are coming to see us have risen and risen over the last few months and few years . |
| 11 | Avoid rigorous vacuuming and shampooing during the first few weeks after your new carpet has been fitted . |
| 12 | The CAT scanner which the hospital wants for its X ray department will cost £600,000 to buy and run for the first few years . |
| 13 | These issues have been well raised and aired over the last few months I would like to now raise another issue that I do n't think has been publicized enough that is the issue of under-provision in old age . |
| 14 | I would also like to know how members think a branch development strategy should be drafted , approved and introduced over the next few months . |
| 15 | Using the 100-inch telescope on Mount Wilson , in 1923 Hubble identified for the first time a cepheid variable star in a spiral ‘ nebula ’ ( M 31 in Andromeda ) , and proceeded in the next few years to make similar discoveries in several other such ‘ nebulae ’ . |
| 16 | The programs we use to produce it have been developed and improved over the last few years . |
| 17 | All traffic will be diverted down York Place , a one way street , and major changes are being planned to bus routes and stops during the next few days . |
| 18 | Here McMillan 's draw weight with last stone was perfect but the stone did n't curl as expected over the last few yards . |
| 19 | The portrait of the study of social policy as presented in the last few paragraphs shows that it is a subject that draws upon a number of different academic disciplines . |
| 20 | This definition does not exclude the names of persons , bodies , chemicals , trade names and so on , but since we are concerned primarily with the subject approach , this list as discussed in the next few sections will concentrate on terms which describe subjects . |
| 21 | User , Module and Design Change information may be viewed as described in the next few paragraphs . |