Example sentences of "[coord] in a few [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.

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1 This may take the form of requirements for reports , returns and information or the holding of enquiries , or in a few cases the issuing of directions , e.g. by the Secretary of State for Education to a local education authority .
2 In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work .
3 Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child .
4 Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive .
5 And in a few moments a voice from that quarter , low and breathy , joined very softly in the responses .
6 The plant-eaters grew bulkier and heavier as a kind of protection , and in a few instances the flesh-eaters also grew commensurately bigger .
7 It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working .
8 Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away .
9 One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town .
10 Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it .
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