Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alongees are now only made by a few manufacturers . |
| 2 | Most of the houses in the village were quite large , with shutters which were only opened for a few hours in the mornings ; if there was a breeze long lace curtains could be seen gently moving . |
| 3 | They can be created with many of the electronic publishing packages but are often better produced by a dedicated forms program . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the cup was only awarded for a few years before that too disappeared . |
| 5 | ‘ The cards have only raked in a few customers , ’ Ashley said . |
| 6 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 7 | The application may be submitted at any time ( as long as the candidate is still registered with the Institute ) and the examination is normally arranged within a few weeks . |
| 8 | And it was not rebuilt for a hundred years . |
| 9 | Lepine was not cremated for a few days yet , until after the despatch of a couple of his victims also being tended to at the Côte-Des-Neiges cemetery , opposite the mountain , alongside the University of Montreal , where Marc Lepine joined his victims in the silence at the centre . |
| 10 | The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings . |
| 11 | This follows on for from our concern about industrial development in the Harrogate District and that is that we are very pleased that the Harr that the North Yorkshire County Council has not embarked upon a strategic exceptions policy . |
| 12 | Rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands , with restrictions on cross media holdings . |
| 13 | Both the ITC and the Radio Authority are to enforce rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands . |
| 14 | Yet , what , one might ask , is a tropical institute doing in central London in the 1980s when Britain 's influence and claims in those climes are largely reduced to a few dots on the global map ? |
| 15 | So I I 'm extremely pleased that the County Council have not gone for a strategic exceptions policy . |
| 16 | Inventories were normally taken within a few days or weeks of the testator 's death . |
| 17 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 18 | We 've already put in a few letters to start you off . |
| 19 | The accident occurred late on Tuesday or early on Wednesday but was not discovered until a few survivors emerged and bodies began floating ashore . |
| 20 | Gas gangrene , for which an effective cure was not discovered till a few weeks before the Armistice , claimed an ever-increasing toll ; during the April fighting on the Right Bank , one French regiment had thirty-two officers wounded of whom no fewer than nineteen died subsequently , mostly from gas gangrene . |
| 21 | Obviously , even in a statistically developed country it is an almost insurmountable task to achieve completeness in reporting spontaneous abortions , since an early miscarriage , particularly in the first weeks of pregnancy , can be easily mistaken as a late menses and some spontaneous abortions may not seem sufficient cause to some women for them to seek medical attention . |
| 22 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 23 | In the winter , locals sit round fireside bars which have scarcely changed in a hundred years . |
| 24 | His own rise to fame at club level had demonstrated the superiority of management by one man over management by a group , but the England team was still selected by a dozen officials ‘ expressing their views as to the merits of players without proper regard to blend and balance ’ . |
| 25 | In one of the most outspoken statements ever made by a Metropolitan Police officer of his rank , he says : ‘ The council has been ensuring that as many cases as possible are referred to the SMG , a pernicious organisation spewing out lies and propaganda in pursuance of their own ideological aims . |
| 26 | The process of counting is a proficient one and a sufficient number of results are usually announced within a few hours of the close of the polls to know which party has won the election . |
| 27 | A TEENAGER who led police on a chase at speeds of up to 90mph through a built-up area was yesterday sent to a young offenders institution for two months . |
| 28 | Back through the gap flew his blazing cloak , still weighted with a few grenades . |
| 29 | Owen drew breath and plunged back to the little group , still hemmed into a few yards of the pathway . |
| 30 | Among the cities most in danger around the world are : * Bangkok , which faces a sea level rise of six feet by 2010 ; * Shanghai , also threatened by a six feet rise , coupled with the danger that salt water would advance 40 miles up the Yangtze River , causing severe drinking water shortages ; * Hong Kong , where seas may engulf newly-reclaimed coastal land , and an increased frequency of typhoons , due to climate disruption , threaten the whole territory ; * Alexandria — the whole city " may disappear " unless major defence works are undertaken ; * Tokyo , which will need £40 billion of flood defences in order to protect new suburbs ; * Rio de Janeiro , whose tourist beaches and nearby coastal villages are in danger ; * London , where there is concern that the existing Thames flood barrier may prove insufficient . |