Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] of " in BNC.

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1 The organic layer was washed with H 2 O , dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 , mixed with a few drops of concentratd NH 4 OH , and evaporated in vacuo .
2 All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light .
3 Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite .
4 Some tests were also made with the few boxes of plants available at this time .
5 Positioned within a few inches of the speaker 's lips , they produce a strong speech signal which stands out clearly against noisy backgrounds .
6 The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings .
7 Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other .
8 The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings .
9 The last two — works of completely contrasting character — were written within a few weeks of each other .
10 His two infant sons had died within a few days of one another in April 1541 .
11 Father and son had died within a few days of each other …
12 ( More often than not they are women , since many elderly male refugees from East African have died within a few years of coming to Britain . )
13 My paternal grandparents had died within a few months of each other whilst she was training , and as Grandfather had tied up all his savings in annuity for my grandmother , none of his children had inherited anything from him .
14 Adverse winds carried them not to Kintail , from which they could have got within a few miles of Inverness by water , but to the shores of Loch Alsh , a sea-water inlet separating the Isle of Skye from the south-west tip of Ross and Cromarty .
15 A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month .
16 The gun had landed within a few inches of Blake .
17 The new ruling was a financial consideration to prevent ratepayers from , in effect , subsiding replays played within a few days of the original game .
18 Moreover , movement into the village was predominantly of people born within a few miles of its borders .
19 There , bordered by a few glimpses of tentacle , was a huge , whorled , calloused , potion-stained and unfocused thumb .
20 During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries .
21 A personalised pay-in book will also be posted within a few days of opening the account .
22 The possibility of a title going ‘ out of print ’ if selection decisions are delayed must also be considered — though this is unlikely if orders are placed within a few months of publication .
23 The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented .
24 For the isolated detached property , situated in a few acres of land , is a cemetery lodge .
25 First impressions , and they are formed within a few seconds of listening to these headphones , are of an unveiled immediacy , very extended high-frequency response and seamless midrange .
26 speed of execution — 100 years in the life of a watershed can be simulated in a few seconds of computer time , and
27 A primitive shading is found on a few vases of the generation before , by the Brygos Painter for instance to indicate the roundness of shields ; and in this time it appears , very sparingly , both in red-figure and on another class of Attic vase which we have not yet considered , those with a white slip .
28 ‘ I dare say , but I 'd far rather be playing snooker with a few of the boys , accompanied by a few pints of beer — preferably Devil 's Dram .
29 Cannons are dangerous if sometimes unpredictable weapons whose manufacture is limited to a few groups of human and Dwarf experts .
30 If that is a problem , ( limited to a few versions of the AMI bios ) a full fix involves doing without Stealth in QEMM , which may be a trade off ardent QEMM users do not wish to make .
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