Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] [noun pl] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within only a few years the company was exporting its products to central Europe , Russia and the US . |
| 2 | Private MPs rise and ask for time for this or that motion or debate which they particularly want , but normally the only concessions the Leader of the House will make is through ‘ the usual channels ’ , that is in private discussions with the opposition Chief Whip . |
| 3 | And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through . |
| 4 | But just a few minutes the vicar arrived , and despite the Church 's apology insisted the crosses would have to go . |
| 5 | In just a few days the centre will be a hive of activity . |
| 6 | Once every six months the Profitboss takes his team away to a hotel for a two- or three-day residential workshop , perhaps from a Thursday to Saturday . |
| 7 | Once every six months the shopkeeper would come and pay his regards . |
| 8 | Once every eight weeks the card 'll be on your door for the Big Turn and you pay me to scrub the close . |
| 9 | This is about a thousand times the temperature at the center of the sun , but temperatures as high as this are reached in H-bomb explosions . |
| 10 | It 's got , I mean , surely the , the middle peasants or even the rich peasants the group of people that are gon na be most productive in the economy erm so you know your reform has to be fairly moderate in that sense that they have to be able to promote |
| 11 | It could be dangerous so you , you open up the top and then the other parts the lining |
| 12 | The case has been criticised for deciding that there is no constructive trust where the accused uses the victim 's facilities to make a secret profit . |