Example sentences of "a few hundred [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For files of more than a few hundred records , ½N can be ignored . |
| 2 | A large symphony orchestra is even more instructive , since for some works there may be a few hundred musicians on stage playing together . |
| 3 | The company will supply a few hundred grams at a time . |
| 4 | Now the USSR catches only a few hundred belugas each year , not only because of enforced catch limits , but because these impressive creatures just are no longer there to be caught in such numbers . |
| 5 | In 1979 he published a paper showing that the perception evoked by stimulating the skin or the neural pathway between the skin and the cortex was reported by the subject as occurring a few hundred milliseconds before the cortical ERP was sufficiently complete to generate that perception . |
| 6 | A group of Czech teenagers allegedly made a few hundred copies of locally-produced computer software packages and sold them for $10 a piece , after advertising them via direct mail-shots . |
| 7 | Treatment can cost anything from a few hundred pounds to up to £15,000 in exceptional circumstances . |
| 8 | Just a pump worth a few hundred pounds . ’ |
| 9 | They begged Rytasha for reimbursement , but none was forthcoming , and for the want of a few hundred pounds the village lost its crop for the year . |
| 10 | Yet all houses , even new ones , have defects — some cosmetic , costing a few hundred pounds to make good , others more serious and costly . |
| 11 | The alterations may cost a few hundred pounds , but make sure the right pump is used and the wiring done by a professional . |
| 12 | The good news is that the most common infestation , by the woodworm — or anobium punctatum or furniture beetle , call it what you will — can be treated , so long as it has not gone too far into the timbers , at a cost of a few hundred pounds . |
| 13 | ‘ Before that , they had just sent them into a studio with a few hundred pounds and the records were almost souvenirs of the live side . |
| 14 | Even fewer succeed and the average level of compensation in those cases is just a few hundred pounds . |
| 15 | For the widow of a younger man or of one who has not been paying into a personal pension scheme for very long , this could be a very small amount — perhaps only a few hundred pounds a year . |
| 16 | The British Institute of Recorded Sound conceived the idea at a conference just after the war , and the record companies EMI and Decca backed the scheme with a few hundred pounds . |
| 17 | After receiving the evidence , the insurance company offered Susan a few hundred pounds compensation . |
| 18 | Some were contract ‘ hits ’ for a few hundred pounds each but others were murdered ‘ just for fun ’ . |
| 19 | Premiums start at a few hundred pounds for an indemnity limit of £100,000 and rise to tens of thousands for larger international charities . |
| 20 | There are a number of practical things they can do , however : for a few hundred pounds , they can act as facilitators , helping their employees sort out their child-care problems . ’ |
| 21 | Credit union Savings and loan clubs of people with common bond ( for example , tenants ' association , factory employees ) , cash loaned for particular purpose , not usually more than a few hundred pounds ( but could be £4,000 ) ; usually fixed weekly repayments ; interest paid on what is still owed at rate fixed at start . |
| 22 | Laterally , that is across the grain , they separate or crush quite easily , so that the lateral tensile and compressive strengths are very low , only a few hundred pounds per square inch . |
| 23 | Take a few hundred pounds in local currency and your credit cards which can also be used to draw cash . |
| 24 | BETTING shop manager Sian Collier was stabbed to death after being robbed of a few hundred pounds by a regular punter . |
| 25 | Most groups managed to raise a few hundred pounds in funds . |
| 26 | This means that new houses may cost a few hundred pounds more to build , but will need up to 20% less heating . |
| 27 | Another dealer owed a few hundred pounds by the director of a firm he had just left , drove one night with some friends to his house , where they flung bricks through every window . |
| 28 | Even if it were only a few hundred pounds , five hundred , six , I would n't be standing here sick with worry … |
| 29 | It also excluded the cost of elections , for these were a financial problem for the candidate , not for the local association ; in a large county division an election could cost as much as £2,000 , and even an unopposed return in a borough would cost a few hundred pounds to the lucky winner . |
| 30 | £50000 does not go very far in TV , except on one or two small regional stations ; it is quite difficult , as the cigarette companies find , to spend £1 million plus on a brand without using TV at all : if you only have a few hundred pounds to spend there are few press media in which you can consider full pages or even moderately large sizes . |