Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her lot had not been a happy one : the husband whom she had only ever seen for a few precious weeks in all since their marriage had now left her a widow , without support and with a child and step-children to fend for . |
| 2 | This is one of the reasons for the choice of hymns and other music being so often limited to a few old war-horses . |
| 3 | Of course , a set of policies on soil conservation was not simply determined by a few major economic and political interests of colonial powers alone . |
| 4 | Alongees are now only made by a few manufacturers . |
| 5 | An example of a condition caused in this way is phenylketonuria — one of the so-called ‘ inborn errors of metabolism ’ — an inherited biochemical disorder for which babies are now routinely tested within a few days of birth . |
| 6 | Although this is largely an innate ability , particularly well developed in a few people , we can all develop sensitivity in general ( which will help our massage skills ) by such means as meditation , deep relaxation and nature attunements ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 7 | He stood there slightly bent for a few seconds holding his stomach and then he staggered and slowly fell to the floor . |
| 8 | The net result of this activity was to create a national grain market , with trade no longer centred on a few major points of collection , transit , and marketing . |
| 9 | But the treatment of the rest of the face is more complex , subtler and more empirical ; it is no longer divided into a few clearly defined sections , and eyes and mouth are not so precisely stylized and deliberately emphasized as they had been before . |