Example sentences of "[art] [adj] few [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To progress beyond such a static application of systems it is necessary to focus upon the dynamics of the system and in the preceding few pages a number of instances have been cited where physical geographers have already advocated placing emphasis upon the function of the system . |
| 2 | During the following few days a number of people in the bus will go down with a cold and will likely blame the poor soul who was suffering on his journey home . |
| 3 | For the previous few years the soap factory had been losing business because of imports of synthetic detergents , mainly through Lever Bros , the local branch of Unilever . |
| 4 | After the first few minutes the child is not going to learn any more from the experience and will either fall asleep , start to play , or get up to mischief in the room . |
| 5 | The first few times the carabiniere on duty became impatient and tried to make him come out , but the only answer he got was that the prisoner was feeling extremely unwell and wanted please to be left alone . |
| 6 | But in the first few feet the delight of winter flying , even in an open cockpit , was apparent . |
| 7 | For the first few weeks the cast used the bedrooms as dressing rooms . |
| 8 | He points out that after the first few days the violence vanished along with the hype and , instead , young black men from warring gangs actually got together to discuss the film . |
| 9 | The CNAA could not establish boards for every subject component of degrees in education , and in the event for the first few years the Committee for Education , using a range of specialist panels in support , itself carried out the validation work . |
| 10 | For the first few years the work was concerned with the Old Red Sandstone along the southern margin of the Highlands but soon men were stationed at various points around the Grampians , including the Moray Firth area , and were advancing towards the higher ground . |
| 11 | Yes , I welcome the substantial orders that have been received and I was pleased to see that in the past few days a number of them have come here . |
| 12 | Over the past few weeks a clutch of American oil companies has reported markedly better results . |
| 13 | However some employers must have moved more quickly , since the Scotsman for the same day carried the following report : The masters say they have engaged workmen from England who have proved equal to the occasion , while for the past few weeks an experiment was made with educated females at the case . |
| 14 | In the past few weeks the government has once again blocked an attempt to give disabled people legal protection against discrimination . |
| 15 | Would it have any grass at all ? he wondered , for over the past few miles the grass had become scarce , huddled together in tiny clumps or hiding behind rocks for shelter . |
| 16 | During the past few months the change to End Product Duty has made Stretton a Customs & Excise Bond , and Albany 's extensive experience in bonded warehouse operations came in useful . |
| 17 | In the past few months the Executive Committee has been considering most carefully a proposal of the Membership Working Party that in future all teachers , in addition to their membership subscription , should be asked to pay an Affiliation Fee . |
| 18 | But in the past few years a phoenix has risen from the flames of Lakehurst . |
| 19 | However , in the past few years a class of antigens has emerged that does not conform to this conventional pathway of antigen presentation . |
| 20 | During the past few years a number of different models for hospital services for attempted suicide patients have been developed . |
| 21 | In the Past few years a number of small streets have been closed to traffic , and car-parking has been prohibited from the four central reservations in Avenida Arriaga . |
| 22 | Over the past few years the Institute , under statute , has started to regulate its members ' insolvency , financial services and auditing work . |
| 23 | Sir , Over the past few years the tide of public opinion has been turning strongly against smoking , but this tide of public opinion was stemmed somewhat , albeit inadvertently , by the valiant efforts by tobacco companies . |
| 24 | The report noted that over the past few years the government departments had introduced competitive fee bidding for the appointment of consulting engineers leading to lower fee rates . |
| 25 | In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients . |
| 26 | In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients . |
| 27 | Over the past few years the pace of his acquisitions would make Rupert Murdoch blush . |
| 28 | But in the past few years the trend has been in the opposite direction . |
| 29 | Inevitably with the rapid expansion of the past few years the University is experiencing difficulties in providing sufficient academic as well as residential accommodation . |
| 30 | Over the past few years the market has boomed : Dataquest expects portables to account for around half of PC sales by 1995 . |