Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adj] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 2 | Jim concluded gloomily that in his view we should go on sliding downhill for the next few years . |
| 3 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 4 | PLENTY of barmy things going on for the next few days , as the Festival of Comedy gets underway . |
| 5 | Watching on for the past few weeks have been a small handful of experts , among them Jim Railton of The Times , who 's been following the Boat Race for twenty years . |
| 6 | The estate and the businesses in Bradford have been allowed to run down during the last few years , while my father was not well . |
| 7 | I have n't noticed Reg writing much for the past few minutes , though . |
| 8 | We could do the same , but every piece of music must have its own shape , and many composers introduce new material at this point , even if only for a brief few bars . |
| 9 | only for the first few days |
| 10 | Because something has come to my mind only during the past few days , when I learnt that the Gipsy Working Party by five votes to four had recommended that the Rockhill site go forward for consultation . |
| 11 | On behalf of the 400 men from Sherwood who work at Gedling , I thank my hon. Friend for his endless time and effort , not only during the past few weeks but over years , to keep that colliery open . |
| 12 | Obviously for the first few days after I could n't sleep . |
| 13 | However , some women feel more keen , especially during the middle few months . |
| 14 | It is most frequently found in sexually active women from their late teens to early thirties and is particularly common in pregnancy , especially during the first few months . |
| 15 | Some of our final year students who were soon to be ordained , feeling the need for some kind of support system , especially during the first few years of ministry , decided to create their own cells . |
| 16 | For many years the only Medau teacher in those parts , she has been particularly concerned , especially during the last few years , with classes for the elderly and handicapped , and has been a pioneer in getting Medau accepted as a suitable retraining system for stroke victims . |
| 17 | Russia 's debt problems were highlighted in a World Bank study released in late September which indicated that the country would need some US$20,000 million of external financial resources annually for the next few years to sustain economic reforms . |
| 18 | LLANDUDNO General Hospital will be virtually closed down for the next few days while the scale of the damage is assessed . |
| 19 | I had been telling him so for the last few weeks . |
| 20 | I think we all feel we would like more central capital funding , but without it , it 's quite proper that we make er the best of use of the , of the assets we 've got , and we were n't using all our estate as effectively as we might , so for the last few years , we 've had a very vigorous programme of identifying land and buildings that are no longer required , and putting them on the market and thereby enabling us to build new facilities . |
| 21 | So for the next few months she used a variant of the tactics she had tried to perfect with her parents : do what you 're told and keep your head down . |
| 22 | So for the next few days this column will present several different ways of assessing corporate performance for 1989 . |
| 23 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 24 | It may also be useful to have a risk management consultant in for the first few meetings , if only to kick-start the process and provide a few , objective ‘ what if ? ’ questions . |
| 25 | I 've been thinking it 's needed some more in for the last few meals . |
| 26 | The therapist agreed to see David daily for the next few days in order to provide him with support . |
| 27 | She had to think only of the next few hours . |
| 28 | But falling pupil numbers at Soudley Primary School could lead to it being shut down within the next few years . |
| 29 | Only within the last few years have doctors begun to realize that this microbe can cause disease . |
| 30 | The vendor 's company may be able to carry earlier losses forward to set off against the gain or if the capital assets were bought by the company only within the past few years , it is possible that there may be a loss rather than a gain . |