Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | In a few moments lonely Tess was asleep , in the bedroom once used by the young wives of her ancestors . |
2 | A few moments later Bigwig was in the ditch . |
3 | Hazel stamped , and a few moments later Dandelion was beside him in the bracken . |
4 | In a few areas great progress is being made . |
5 | Newly qualified nurses are expected to receive an orientation and induction programme appropriate to their appointments , followed by a consolidation period for a minimum period of three months , when it is recommended that a few hours each week be set aside for learning periods either with other newly qualified staff or as self-directed learning . |
6 | Immunostaining for each enzyme was present in the cytoplasm of tumour cells ( Fig 3 and 4 ) , although in a few cases nuclear staining was also seen for the glutathione S-transferases . |
7 | In a few boatyards sea-going craft were being built or repaired . |
8 | Within a few days each hole is teeming with worms , with a large proportion being on the pebble . |
9 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
10 | After a few years this scheme was pronounced a failure . |
11 | Within a few months many assurances were broken ; there were wistful , unfulfilled hopes of James Edward Stuart landing and asserting himself as King James VII ; and in the House of Lords an attempt by Scottish members to repeal the Act was defeated by only a small majority . |
12 | The government however continued with just one vice-president and within a few months this post was held by Daniel Arap Moi , a non-Kikuyu who , despite being a member of the Legislative Council , had not been prominent in nationalist politics . |
13 | Within a few months these hopes were dashed when a majority of the Manchester committee insisted on recognising an American evangelical , the Rev. Fred Hemming , as an official agent to raise money for the anti-Garrisonian abolitionists in America although he only had the general support of Lewis Tappan and apparently regarded the Garrisonians and their British sympathisers as ‘ infidel abolitionists ’ . |