Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moran rattled the newspaper a few times but by the time he could look around the three children were locked back into their school books . |
| 2 | If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys . |
| 3 | The three won a place following a regional ‘ cook-off ’ and now face the task of preparing a three-course meal for four within two and a half hours and within a budget of £30 . |
| 4 | Their maximum lead was two and a half minutes and on the descent of Blackstone Edge Rice broke a spoke and had a wheel change as the Dutchman eased until they were together again . |
| 5 | A PASSER-BY paid £4 to take part in a police video identification parade of a robbery was given the police photographer 's expensive leather jacket to wear and asked to jog down some steps and round a corner . |
| 6 | lead naturally to a consideration of market possibilities in which there is trade and negotiation amongst few traders and to the possibility of non-market institutions . |
| 7 | Political commercials might not be as persuasive as is commonly thought , but there are few doubts as to the importance of candidate appearances on ‘ free ’ news broadcasts . |
| 8 | A number of them were under few illusions as to the value of her work . |
| 9 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 10 | We 're attempting to give the customer some guidelines as to the quality of companies . ’ |
| 11 | The hut was home to some lizards and to the island 's one taxi driver who had sequestered it as his office and gasoline store . |
| 12 | It would be churlish to suggest that either RWC or the Italian Federation fell down in some areas because of a lack of will to make the event succeed . |
| 13 | Anger gave her the strength to pack her few belongings and by the time Ellen — red-eyed and in tears — came to say that the conveyance was at the door , there was no sign left that Ruth had ever inhabited the room . |
| 14 | But in October 1341 , relieved of financial pressure by the desertion of some allies and by the bankruptcy of his Italian bankers , Edward repealed the offending statutes , though it is significant that it was done with the advice and assent of the earls , barons and other wise men . |
| 15 | This lasted for some weeks but at no time was the baby at risk either physically or psychologically nor was the mother and baby bond threatened . |
| 16 | Relations between this group and the government had been strained for some years because of the sect 's links with Libya and its occupation of a disputed eight-acre site west of the capital , where it had built a commune . |
| 17 | The outcome of these changes is that the drug bill is rising faster than it has for some years and above the rate of inflation . |
| 18 | ‘ It is possible that a slow economic recovery and lower beef prices will coincide to increase consumption in the next few years but in the wake of consumer scares , such as BSE , the market needs a push . |
| 19 | The glaze will stay shiny for a few days but after a week will begin to lose its gloss , so do n't decorate the cake too early . |
| 20 | Modigliani moved in to be with her for the last few days and at the end of November Jeanne entered the Nice Maternity Hospital . |
| 21 | It was thought by the producers that the programme slipped out of the top ten ratings for a few weeks because of the squeamishness of some viewers , but this was probably just a seasonal fluctuation . |
| 22 | They each had a few jokes and by the time the roach was flushed away she was already experiencing her first rush , a warm , dreamy sensation that seemed to encompass her whole being . |
| 23 | He explained everything to me and I went across a big courtyard , through a door into a large hall , then up some stairs and along a landing turning left towards an outside terrace down to the lawns at the rear of the Palace . |
| 24 | Trips to project exhibitions of library resources and visits to library suppliers ' showrooms were a revelation for some teachers as to the variety and sophistication of recent publications in their area of the curriculum . |
| 25 | He chanced a few casts and by the end of the season he had taken more than a dozen good trout . |
| 26 | Such meteorites give us few clues as to the prevalence of life on other worlds ; however , members of a different class of meteorites — the carbonaceous chondritescontain organic chemicals , leading us to believe that the building blocks of life must be fairly commonplace . |
| 27 | Democratic centralism concentrates power in a few hands and at the end of the day produces decision rather than fudging . |
| 28 | Household inventories contain some clues but as a source are seriously limited by their accidental survival and their social unrepresentativeness . |
| 29 | Although DNase I footprints can only provide a crude estimate of ligand site size , the footprints with sequences such as ( TAA ) 4 CG(TTA) 4 give some clues as to the orientation of the drug molecule . |
| 30 | Although this may be a couple of years out of date , it only costs £3 and it may give some clues as to the strength of the company . |