Example sentences of "a [adj] minutes to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because they can include additional short irradiations for elements with isotopes of very short half-lives , from a few minutes to a few hours , although this increases the analyst 's work . |
| 2 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |
| 3 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 4 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 5 | The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual . |
| 6 | For stable samples we rarely need to obtain spectra in a hurry , and commercial spectrometers generally operate on timescales ranging from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 7 | ‘ I grabbed a few minutes to myself , ’ she explained breathlessly . |
| 8 | A wall clock ticked loudly : a few minutes to nine . |
| 9 | Eleven and a half minutes to three o'clock in the afternoon . |
| 10 | It 's six and a half minutes to six . |
| 11 | It 's two and a half minutes to six o'clock . |