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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Over the past few weeks a clutch of American oil companies has reported markedly better results . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the past few weeks the government has once again blocked an attempt to give disabled people legal protection against discrimination . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But in the past few years a phoenix has risen from the flames of Lakehurst . |
| 12 | However , in the past few years a class of antigens has emerged that does not conform to this conventional pathway of antigen presentation . |
| 13 | During the past few years a number of different models for hospital services for attempted suicide patients have been developed . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Over the past few years the Institute , under statute , has started to regulate its members ' insolvency , financial services and auditing work . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Over the past few years the pace of his acquisitions would make Rupert Murdoch blush . |
| 21 | But in the past few years the trend has been in the opposite direction . |
| 22 | Inevitably with the rapid expansion of the past few years the University is experiencing difficulties in providing sufficient academic as well as residential accommodation . |
| 23 | Over the past few years the market has boomed : Dataquest expects portables to account for around half of PC sales by 1995 . |
| 24 | Over the past few years the bourgeoisie has taken probably £10bn of completely untaxed , totally unearned capital profit from selling their houses . |
| 25 | In the past few years the appeal system has been successfully used to overcome the resistance of reluctant local authorities , and development has tended to proceed on an ad hoc basis with new centres sited where developers can acquire land easily rather than on the basis of any strategic plan . |
| 26 | On the other hand , in the past few years the number of students in further education colleges in Wales has increased very considerably . |