Example sentences of "[noun sg] during [art] [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 2 | ‘ Putting on this performance has brought everyone together and there has been a buzz around the building during the last few days . ’ |
| 3 | Most of the poems Wordsworth contributed to the Lyrical Ballads were completed in an astonishing burst of creativity during the next few weeks , and drew their inspiration largely from his immediate surroundings at Holford and Alfoxden . |
| 4 | This uneasy compromise was not a major difficulty during the first few years as the national economic problems of the early thirties , reductions in public expenditure and depressed employment conditions all led to severe restrictions on the development of adult education . |
| 5 | There is now a firm grip on the conditions affecting the health of the populace of the borough and it is certain , given time , the innovations put into practice during the past few years will prove to be of enormous benefit , particularly to the health of infants and mothers of West Ham . |
| 6 | I 've never met you but I 've had to think about you a good deal during the past few weeks , mainly because my young daughter Jean has been unable to think of anything or anyone else ! |
| 7 | In fact , it was no longer a glagolitic institution , as Cyrillic had replaced glagolitic in most of Dalmatia south of Split by the fifteenth century , and Cyrillic was in its turn replaced by the Latin script during the next few centuries . |
| 8 | The influential work of John Bowlby has led many people to believe that any kind of mother-child separation during the first few years of a child 's life should be avoided . |
| 9 | The notion that parents can exert a particularly profound influence during the first few years — an influence that will remain throughout life and can not be eradicated by subsequent experience-is certainly widespread . |
| 10 | A recent survey found that one third of women employees planned to have a child during the next few years . |
| 11 | In fact it was Jack 's sense of humour that kept her feelings in proportion during the next few days . |
| 12 | If an egg has been discharged from the ovary during the last few days it will now be on its way through the tubes . |
| 13 | The site is expected to begin receiving waste during the next few weeks . |
| 14 | The bank held an internal inquiry during the first few months of 1988 , for which Mr Reed was questioned , but he was not shown the report , which detailed the late take-up of shares . |
| 15 | We have said goodbye to two cleaners from the Cornard site during the last few months — both of whom passed retirement age many moons ago ! |
| 16 | For each day there is a diet sheet , more interesting key facts , and a weight and symptom chart for your to complete as you did for Stage I. It is vital that you keep this chart up to date : you will undoubtedly need to refer back at some point during the next few weeks , so the records are nothing short of vital ! |
| 17 | The social movements based upon the latter affiliations , which were discussed in Chapter 2 , have assumed much greater political importance during the past few decades , and their development , like that of youth movements , needs to be examined in relation to wider social changes . |
| 18 | But his practical , analytical development of Richards 's theory has been an important model for British criticism during the last few decades , and I will therefore conclude this section with a very brief indication of the difference between his and Richards 's approach . |
| 19 | a lot to this constituency during the next few weeks wo n't she ? |
| 20 | Clearly , biotechnology will have an increasing role to play in environmental quality during the next few centuries , especially if existing methodologies can be improved by genetic engineering ( see below ) . |
| 21 | He should be used to them by now because they had become a frequent occurrence during the past few months , particularly since Martin had been bringing Miss Crosbie to the house . |
| 22 | The weekend attack was also condemned by local Alliance councillor Tom Campbell , who said the same group had been terrorising pensioners in the Cavehill area during the past few months . |
| 23 | Breast milk , the best milk for such babies or for those who have had to undergo an operation during the first few days or weeks of life , is collected from mothers of healthy babies who have more than enough to satisfy their needs . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's been a radical change in the whole structure of society during the last few years . ’ |
| 25 | Sometimes , but not too often , there was the sound of a window being broken , whereupon a general speedy exodus took place , with the consequent panic whenever a knock came at the street door during the next few days . |
| 26 | Azerbaidjan welcomed the SCSE takeover , which President Ayaz Mutalibov characterized as " the natural consequence of the policies that had brought chaos into the Soviet Union during the past few years " ; tanks were reported in the capital , Baku . |
| 27 | A more important consideration is that the large increase in recruitment to the profession during the last few years means that new entrants ( unless of top quality ) are quite likely to fail to get started in private practice . |
| 28 | Proteins from foods can also pass through the stomach during the first few months , and so lead to problems . |
| 29 | Citizenship , regarded in this way , has played an increasingly important part in political thought and controversy during the past few decades . |
| 30 | Once Arcady came into sight , Ari felt she had learnt a lot during the past few days , irreplaceably important lessons . |