Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | These seem to have had their fears that the flood gates holding back university collections are now opening confirmed , as Edinburgh University announced last month that it was proposing to sell a sculpture by Adrian de Vries or a Ruisdael landscape , bequeathed by Sir James Torrie , to help put right a deficit permitted over the last few years by a Treasurer who has since resigned . |
| 2 | Competitively , snooker has until the last few years been confined to Britain and its old Commonwealth , but there have always been a few tables in the Far East , catering for the needs of expats . |
| 3 | This particular novelty was the third short orchestral piece to appear in the last few years , written , like the second , at Knussen 's prompting , and it rounded off a performance of all three as a suite , titled Three Occasions for Orchestra . |
| 4 | Mr Beregovoy is expected to approve proposals for a Gallic form of personal equity plans in the next few weeks which would allow French investors up to £60,000 worth of shares each , free of dividend and capital gains tax . |
| 5 | Her whole future depends on the next few moments ! |
| 6 | Their friendship continued for the next few days . |
| 7 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
| 8 | In line with other insurance companies , the group announced lower bonus rates for its life assurance and pensions schemes in response to poorer investment returns over the last few years . |
| 9 | Cornwall has kept the Championship flag flying for the last few years and has continued to emphasise my own view that such a competition could have an important place . |
| 10 | It is not always possible to answer post by return , or to return telephone calls within the next few minutes . |
| 11 | There could be a real dogfight for those places , with every point won in the last few matches of the season becoming vital and only Cornwall themselves totally out of the reckoning . |
| 12 | Across the open space one could look down on the town , a busy , self-important place boosted in the last few years by highrise office blocks full of income-tax men and VAT clerks . |
| 13 | The unrest continued over the next few days and by May 22 the number of Palestinians killed by the IDF had risen to 21 . |
| 14 | ‘ A lot of shareholders have turned down generous takeover bids over the last few years and have regretted it , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Much of the evidence discussed in the next few chapters will rely on EEG and other electro-physiological information , and some understanding of the basis of these measures is essential to understanding how we know what we do about sleep . |
| 16 | You must not worry too much if she seems a bit depressed during the first few months , instead of being a ‘ sweet and grateful granny ’ . |
| 17 | He was also ready for office , and was delighted when an offer came in the first few weeks of the new Government . |
| 18 | What ‘ shocks ’ has the international economy experienced in the last few years ? |
| 19 | ‘ The way is clear now for a base rate cut within the next few weeks , possibly within the next few days . |
| 20 | Our inability to standardise the timing of the initial packed cell volume is unfortunate as large changes in plasma volume occur in the first few hours of life . |
| 21 | His life depended on the next few minutes . |
| 22 | Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century maiolica has in the last few years returned to popularity ( the recent exhibition of the maiolica collections of the Metropolitan Museum was regularly crowded , to the amazement of Met officials ) , though most of its present day collectors are Italian . |
| 23 | It is the kind of ‘ big ’ development that is very out of fashion with the money men at present , and it is unlikely that we will be seeing anything on this scale started in the next few years . |
| 24 | erm he is a member of Vanroch Caerphilly at URC and has done I think he is currently at and erm have felt a gentle call emerging over the last few years and erm all started in Cambridge , that 's about it , that 's all I can say . |
| 25 | The knockout competition begins in the next few weeks with the ultimate winners standing to collect £5,000 , plus a trophy and medals . |
| 26 | A commentary on the effect of Government planning in the last few years is found in the recent report of the Working Party on the Building Industry : ‘ The producers of building materials … found that their assessment of the demand for their goods was liable to be upset by sudden changes of policy which they could not possibly foresee . ’ |
| 27 | Numerous food scares and the dramatic rise in reported cases of food poisoning over the last few years , plus the need to comply with European Community requirements led to the Food Safety Bill , now nearly two years old . |
| 28 | I suppose a lot depends on the next few games though |
| 29 | The training tempo increases over the next few weeks … as cox and crew alike attempt to learn all they can about the famous course . |
| 30 | We need to continue to pray that our financial needs will be met as the project progresses over the next few years . |