Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rio Tinto has bought into all the mines only in the past few years ; and it has its sights set on expansion . |
| 2 | If you want to stop at seventy three point six million erm pounds we 're quite happy to erm and I suggest Chairman if if we do n't get the the main er growth savings through at the next few minutes of voting that perhaps a rather longer lunch erm maybe there would be some . |
| 3 | The irony of her situation struck her several times over during the following few days . |
| 4 | On the last count alone , Jerry Lee Lewis has justified his status a hundred times over in the past few days . |
| 5 | There was a lot of helpful feedback from these pieces so over the next few months I will try to provide a few more examples to expand this work . |
| 6 | Russia 's debt problems were highlighted in a World Bank study released in late September which indicated that the country would need some US$20,000 million of external financial resources annually for the next few years to sustain economic reforms . |
| 7 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We have seen exciting developments here in the last few years . |
| 9 | Many beekeepers have been examining their bees carefully for the past few years in efforts to find the mite . |
| 10 | There have been more cancelled and postponed competitions here in the last few years than live ones — all of which reflects badly on the BMC as controllers . |
| 11 | If permission is granted for an entertainment licence , the promoters hope to start shows there within the next few months . |
| 12 | Zeolite chemistry has made remarkable strides forward in the past few years . |