Example sentences of "in [art] few weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advice on living arrangements in the few weeks before departure may be necessary . |
| 2 | The bulk of the chicks ' diet consists of leaf-eating caterpillars from oak trees , particularly those of the green oak tortrix , and these are at their best in the few weeks after the leaf buds come out . |
| 3 | The deterioration in my companion 's movements in the few weeks since I had last seen him was distressing to observe . |
| 4 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 5 | In the few weeks that have gone by a boy from the village has been killed by an elephant . |
| 6 | Of course , no day is typical and there are particular tensions which emerge in the few weeks before the Christmas break . |
| 7 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 8 | If the hon. Gentleman will think back to days gone by , he will remember that such questions have been perennial in the few weeks before a general election . |
| 9 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 10 | However , in the few weeks remaining to him , will he pursue at all relevant meetings the question of the massacre at Santa Cruz in East Timor . |
| 11 | Business had been good in the few weeks she had been in charge , but she was astute enough to realise that many of the customers had been coming to the club simply to see her . |
| 12 | Cos I said to him I 've never known it as slack as this in , in the few weeks before christmas . |
| 13 | In a few weeks ' time , the fallen leaves will have risen from ankle to knee deep . |
| 14 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |
| 15 | ‘ Is there a potential on the Earth now , ’ Tooley asked , ‘ for catastrophic , subglacial floods raising sea level by 23cm in a few weeks or several metres in a few years ? ’ |
| 16 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |
| 17 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |
| 18 | Korea 's Samsung will start doing so in a few weeks . |
| 19 | The president tried to soothe the unions by promising that , as inflation drops to zero in a few weeks , real pay will increase . |
| 20 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 21 | We will know the details in a few weeks ’ time . |
| 22 | It is done in spring or early summer on outdoor plants , and rooting may take up to a year ; pot plants are layered any time and should root in a few weeks . |
| 23 | If you have had a weight problem for a long time , do not expect a miracle in a few weeks . |
| 24 | The sergeant 's parting shot was , ‘ I suppose you 'll be in the desert in a few weeks ’ time disguised as a Bedouin . ’ |
| 25 | But in a few weeks they were allowed to return because Mossad had threatened to stop giving MI6 any more information about Arab terrorism . |
| 26 | When she visited us with her boyfriend and said that she would be able to take Susan in a few weeks , we had to disguise our emotions . |
| 27 | You leave school in a few weeks and you 've got to make yourself a living . |
| 28 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 29 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 30 | One evening at Pack Meeting Beegee , which was the name the Pack had made up for their Guider out of the initial letters B and G of Brownie Guider , told the Brownies that the County Girl Guides ' Fete was to be held in a few weeks ' time in Morley Park and that the 3rd Shortfields Pack must think what to do to help make the fete a huge success . |