Example sentences of "[noun pl] of a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , despite the much-publicized flirtations of a few aristocrats with the centre parties , the Tories are still the natural home for the landed gentry . |
| 2 | In the space of approximately the last quarter of the nineteenth century positivist criminology ‘ developed from the idiosyncratic concerns of a few individuals into a programme of investigation and social action which attracted support throughout the whole of Europe and North America ’ ( Garland , 1985a ) . |
| 3 | Suggested drawbacks of a sylvopastoral systems with pigs include the need to protect the trees from the damaging behaviours of the animals , wet patches under trees and increased difficulty in stockman control of the herd . |
| 4 | Those that have been analysed show traces of at least 20 amino acids , including glycine and yaminobutyric acid , in quantities of a few nanomoles per gram . |
| 5 | The group was formed by the concerted actions of a few individuals in the area of the Yellow Creek , near Middlesboro , Kentucky in an attempt to clean up and prevent further pollution in their local stream which has been contaminated by a local tannery sending the untreated waste from its chemical processing into the sewage treatment plant of the city of Middlesboro . |
| 6 | For Britain 's three quarters of a million miners in the nineteen thirties and forties , dust was a massive problem . |
| 7 | A local farmer is seeking nearly three quarters of a million pounds in compensation . |
| 8 | More than five hundred acts had already enclosed three quarters of a million acres of ‘ waste ’ between 1760 and 1801 . |
| 9 | Lot number thirty two Lot thirty two , the lacquer brushes there we are , there 's the lacquer brushes , I 've got two offers of a hundred pounds for them one hundred pounds in two places , at one hundred and ten , one twenty , thirty , forty going on ? |
| 10 | Marine and Quaternary Geology : This group is concerned with the study of fundamental physical , chemical and biological processes which enable Quaternary climatic and environmental changes and their causes to be inferred on timescales of a million years to less than one year . |
| 11 | I append the headings of a few subjects to which I have given some attention , and which I could write a readable article upon . |
| 12 | Not even the dehumanizing process of Soviet medical training could eradicate the myths and legends of a thousand years of Russian Christianity . |
| 13 | ‘ Time-lapse ’ , as its name suggests , makes possible recording in bursts of a few frames at variable time intervals so that subjects such as the movement of clouds or the budding of flowers can be studied in speeded-up replay . |
| 14 | What you need is a break or a holiday so count your pennies and weigh up your chances of a few days in the sun or short spell staying with friends . |
| 15 | The evening shadows were now lengthening and the support crew had thoughts of a few points in their heads . |