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

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1 She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards .
2 Summarize the consumption figures for coal and petroleum in a few sentences .
3 It was the voices coming from the little boxes , and the concept of man flying between America and England in a few hours , that he found difficult to grasp .
4 Perhaps cuckoos have only in recent centuries started parasitizing their present hosts , and will in a few centuries be forced to give them up and victimize other species .
5 During the following months we started to distribute basic medical material to dispensaries , health centres , and hospitals in a few districts .
6 Trains can link Newcastle and London in a few minutes over two and a half hours .
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