Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] to a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
2 | The blastoids ( class Blastoidea ) had compact cups up to a few centimetres long , with five broad food grooves running down the sides ( lacking crinoid arms ) . |
3 | Pitcairn seamount lavas have O isotope ratios up to a few parts per million higher than the mantle value , which leads to the virtually inescapable conclusion that they contain a component that was once at the surface of the Earth . |
4 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |
5 | A prototype module of the barrier , known by the apt acronym M.O.S.E. , was in position for tests up to a few months ago . |