Example sentences of "[noun sg] from a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
2 | The duration of obstructive symptoms varied widely with a range from a few weeks to several years . |
3 | The continental shelf and deeper sea-bed beyond , to a distance of 300–600km from the shore , have a covering of fine grey glacial mud , forming a layer that varies in thickness from a few metres over active areas of sea-floor spreading to 200km or more in older , more stable regions . |
4 | Stonegate Teddy Bears stocks hundreds of different models , ranging in price from a few pounds to around £300 . |
5 | The sea lagoon turned out to vary in depth from a few inches to a couple of feet . |
6 | Azerbaijan has about a third of the world population of mud volcanoes , which range in size from a few metres to several kilometres across the base . |
7 | It can accommodate simulations of drainage-basins ranging in size from a few hectares to 40 000 square kilometres . |
8 | The estates varied in size from a few units in piecemeal developments to 30 or 40 plots on well serviced , carefully planned schemes . |
9 | It varies in height from a few inches to two feet depending on the habitat . |
10 | If they made the bead taste bitter , by dipping it in alcohol , or quinine , or the pungent methylanthranilate , then the chick would peck once , show disgust by shaking its head vigorously and wiping its beak on the floor of its pen , and then back away , refusing to peck at a similar but dry bead offered any time from a few seconds to a few days subsequently . |