Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This technique normally produces materials in quantities of a few micrograms .
2 Those that have been analysed show traces of at least 20 amino acids , including glycine and yaminobutyric acid , in quantities of a few nanomoles per gram .
3 The Buchs site offers large scale production facilities , now approved to GMP standard , manufacturing over 4,000 products in quantities from a few grammes to small tonnage .
4 Inflation , if unchecked , can result in economic and social disorder , as conditions akin to hyper-inflation ( a thousand-fold rise in prices over a few months ) make bank savings worthless .
5 For example , if sulphate is added to the diet of methanogenic individuals , competitive displacement of methanogenic bacteria occurs and hitherto undetectable sulphate reducing bacteria begin to appear in faeces within a few days .
6 ‘ Time-lapse ’ , as its name suggests , makes possible recording in bursts of a few frames at variable time intervals so that subjects such as the movement of clouds or the budding of flowers can be studied in speeded-up replay .
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