Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His emotional and intellectual development in Aden was such that it was to lead him inevitably back to France , back to emotional security with Rirette , and back to the political and social struggle from which he had escaped in a state of total disorientation a few months earlier . |
| 2 | It was the fate of countless unfortunates a few seasons ago to become the terraces ' substitute for Sylvester Stallone . |
| 3 | It was the fate of countless unfortunates a few seasons ago to become the terraces ' substitute for Sylvester Stallone . |
| 4 | Place a sheet of fine netting a few inches above cabbages and brassicas to keep cabbage white butterflies away . |
| 5 | Fortunately ( for us ) the commissioners of depopulation in 1517 discovered that Hygford 's father had enclosed 190 acres of arable land a few years earlier ; estimated to be worth £6 a year , this was probably all , or most , of what he owned there . |
| 6 | The crash of torrential rain a few minutes later set minds at rest . |
| 7 | When the Alternative Service Book was threatening the absolutism of the Book of Common Prayer a few years ago , the Book of Common Prayer was being spoken of as if it were on a par with Holy Writ . |
| 8 | In light of such assertions , claims by the USSR and the new DRA regime that Afghanistan remained non-aligned after the Karmal regime was installed by force of Soviet arms a few months later are disingenuous . |
| 9 | If we believe that it is right to push back the boundaries of middle age a few years , we can happily keep our young tastes and looks for a bit longer . |
| 10 | During the day they retreat into shallow burrows a few centimetres below the ground . |
| 11 | One of the subscribers taking part in the trials said : ‘ I would n't have had the problems I had with malicious calls a few years ago if I 'd had Caller Display then . ’ |
| 12 | The announcements made by the Minister for Overseas Development a few minutes ago about the food situation were welcome , but people in Africa are starving and the terms of trade that they receive in their dealings with the developed countries , the problem of their huge indebtedness to the developed countries and the world order over which we now preside are such that hundreds of millions of people live on the edge of catastrophe . |
| 13 | At a meeting in the Rummer Tavern ( which still exists in rebuilt form a few doors from Cottle 's former bookshop ) he was persuaded by ‘ sundry Philanthropists ’ and opponents of the war to begin publication of a periodical to be called the Watchman . |
| 14 | And came running back in stark terror a few minutes later as if all the hounds of hell were after him , and Preston , who thought they were , a half-length behind all the way back to the alley behind their two houses where they stopped to get their breath back before they went in . |
| 15 | The most important river in the region is the Marne which starts life in dramatic surroundings a few kilometres south of Langres , not far from the magnificent Château le Pailly . |
| 16 | The mature shell size also varies from small species a few centimetres across to giants of a metre or more in diameter . |
| 17 | Spotting the two journalists huddled together in conspiratorial conversation a few yards away , he hauled her off in the opposite direction . |
| 18 | In a typical Strombolian eruption , basaltic lava is again involved , but it is not quite as fluid as in the Hawaiian eruptions and gas escape takes place spasmodically in minor explosions every few minutes or so , sometimes rhythmically and predictably , sometimes irregularly . |
| 19 | Rocky and sandy sea coasts , rarely on freshwater lakes a few miles inland . |
| 20 | He had lost his bearings on a trip to nearby shops a few weeks earlier . |
| 21 | Depending on the particular species , dodder vines range from very slender forms as fine as human hair to coarse ones a few millimetres in diameter . |
| 22 | The last meeting was held on Oki premises a few weeks ago with only a few friends of the family in attendance . |
| 23 | The township got electric light a few years ago , yet for as long as anyone could remember power-station cooling stacks had blasted out steam day and night ; the power went to white Johannesburg a few miles down the road . |
| 24 | I know that he has first-hand experience of the benefits of GM schools , as the school that used to be known as Wold Newton transferred to grant-maintained status a few months ago and is showing the way and what can be achieved as a result of a move to grant-maintained status . |
| 25 | Said , ‘ I am not a very political politician , ’ and then proved it by singing ‘ My Darling Clementine ’ live on Irish TV a few hours after an IRA massacre . |
| 26 | … having myself graduated in Business over 40 years ago , there seems to be a remarkable cycle in which we return to particular models every few decades . |
| 27 | She had seen it staggering around on uncertain legs a few mornings before . |
| 28 | Fortunately , that was in harmony with the thoughts of the ITF Rules Committee which had also met at Key Biscayne a few days earlier and had thrown out the idea of one serve instead of two … or changing the dimensions of the court , such as a smaller service box or a serving line a yard behind the baseline , but agreed to make further research into rackets , balls and court surfaces . |
| 29 | The remarkable thing about this cinematic treat was the close comparison it bore to the scene at Stonethwaite campsite a few days previously . |
| 30 | The multiple orgasm in the woman and rapid recovery of erection after ejaculation in the man were " discovered " by popular writers a few years ago and plugged relentlessly ; yet in the woman one violent orgasm may outweigh several minor ones or the latter may not even be invariably desired , while in the man a rapid re-erection is often physically impossible ( in the more virile youngster it usually takes half to three-quarters of an hour , in the older man anything up to 24 , but there is wide variation between individuals and in differently stimulating situations ) . |