Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , one of the skills developed in the first few years of life involves the integration of data arriving through the different sensory channels . |
| 2 | However , many cars built within the last few years have hardened valve seats , or alloy cylinder heads that need little ( simply a retune ) or no modification to use unleaded petrol . |
| 3 | Be warned : Most of the algorithms described in the next few sections are rarely used in practical systems . |
| 4 | As such , they are extremely valuable and their accuracy is known to have improved considerably as a result of methodological improvements made over the last few years ( OPCS , 1980 ; Craig and Broad , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | There have been some new houses built in the last few years , but Ottringham is one of the few villages in Holderness which has not seen large housing developments taking place . |
| 6 | After studying the report , which reiterated the multitude of reservations expressed over the last few months and went on to accuse architect Dominique Perrault of having sacrificed functionalism for the sake of aesthetics , President Mitterrand accepted Perrault 's design , making only the most cosmetic of changes to appease the powerful lobby against the building . |
| 7 | At the moment the price for North Sea oil is just over $18 , $4 less than average industry forecasts made during the last few years when we were building our portfolio . |
| 8 | This book is about that conflict of values , the efforts made in the last few years to come to terms with that conflict , and its implication for one of the major issues of our time — the reshaping of our farm policy , which , with the single aim of increased food production , has transformed the countryside over the last forty years in what is perhaps the greatest agricultural revolution since the settling of England began . |
| 9 | The unexpected reduction in the number of criminal legal aid orders granted over the last few months means that expenditure will in any event be lower than originally expected . |
| 10 | The various stages of plant evolution can be seen here , from relatives of ferns found in fossils to hybrids created within the last few years . |
| 11 | The only significant leisure effect comes from the effect having receiving benefits disallowed in the first few weeks of the unemployment spell . |
| 12 | In many cases the annual crops planted in the first few years are rapidly being replaced by pasture which itself is frequently proving to be uneconomic and environmentally detrimental . |
| 13 | To this end the researcher will ask specialists in the fields covered by the database to comment on the range and area of research on women and gender issues in order to establish a research agenda , and an assessment of the facilities needed for the next few years . |
| 14 | There are many exciting new product launches planned for the next few months and the prospects for 1991 look very good . |