Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] or [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few days or weeks , the sulphur particles are precipitated as rain or snow . |
| 2 | The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring . |
| 3 | These eruptions give rise to rocks known as ignimbrites , and they are so powerful that tens of cubic kilometres of ignimbrite can be erupted in nuee ardente-like incandescent clouds in the space of a few hours or days . |
| 4 | It 's just a case of it 's just a case of a few individuals or people with rank who think they 've go so much power they 're gon na press people |
| 5 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 6 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 7 | a combine , which only works for a few days or weeks in the year is far too costly for a smallholder , who must either rely on a contractor or work with simpler equipment . |
| 8 | Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long . |
| 9 | So , too , are the increasing number of so-called closing down sales which often take place for a few days or weeks at the end of a shop lease . |
| 10 | More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course . |
| 11 | Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks . |
| 12 | I did n't want anyone to feel that this diet was a ‘ prison sentence ’ to be endured for a few weeks or months before old habits could be reintroduced . |
| 13 | Sniffed for a few weeks or months . |
| 14 | Those who could live on savings for a few weeks or months were ‘ that rare class ’ . |
| 15 | Booksellers also tend to prefer not to be associated exclusively with a few authorities or institutions , so that they themselves are less vulnerable to any changes in those libraries ' policies . |
| 16 | Inventories were normally taken within a few days or weeks of the testator 's death . |
| 17 | The improvement in arthritis , gout , blood pressure , diabetes , or blood cholesterol level may be dramatic , and evident within a few weeks or months of a dietary programme . |
| 18 | The water-soluble vitamins , however , are not usually stored in the body in any great amount , so deficiency can develop within a few weeks or months if the diet is poor . |
| 19 | In a few days or weeks Francis would almost certainly have made a will and it was unlikely that Anna would have been the principal , let alone the sole beneficiary . |
| 20 | I am convinced that if the hon. Gentleman were ever in a position of responsibility in the House — the likelihood of which is becoming increasingly remote — he would also find himself advised that it would be foolish to put before the House proposals which in a few weeks or months might fall outside the law . |
| 21 | What I must do is get to know the people over a few hours or days and find out what they 're trying to do , what their activities are , whether they have children or pets . |
| 22 | WACC has acquired a certain expertise in this field , but its activities so far have been confined to a few countries or sub-regions . |
| 23 | All are strongly seasonal , with activity limited to a few days or weeks in summer . |