Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In northern Scandinavia there is only a narrow band a few kilometres wide along the northeastern coast of Kola Peninsula . |
| 2 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |
| 3 | The ‘ Romance ’ from The Gadfly became , of course , a popular favourite a few years ago when it was used as the theme for the TV series Reilly : Ace of Spies , but as played here by the Chicago Sinfonietta under Paul Freeman it 's altogether drier ad more reticent — no comparison at all with the recording by the USSR Cinema SO under Emin Khachaturian on CfP which glows with warmth and stylish authenticity . |
| 4 | Akai tried a similar idea a few years back with their U4 phrase trainer , but that was , surprisingly , a flop . |
| 5 | At Faial there is a new bridge over the Ribeira Seca as the old one was washed away in a violent storm a few years ago . |
| 6 | It 's of course always privilege to play over there and I was over there with a national team a few times , it 's a big occasion for the players , for the managers and for the big tournaments too . |
| 7 | He turned his head , and saw a human foot a few inches away . |
| 8 | Hewlett-Packard Co folks laid us a false trail a few weeks ago when we reported — on their say-so — that the company would be letting two more Snakes out of the basket come mid September ( UX No 397 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I had a slight accident a few months ago , wrote off my car and almost myself . ’ |
| 10 | I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker . ’ |
| 11 | Now I do n't know if you remember English Whites but Danny Baker once had a caller to 606 who claimed to have been setup for a blind date a few years ago , and when he met the girl in question , one of his mates says ‘ Bloody hell she does n't half look like that player ( Kenny ) who 's in the Blues ’ ( Brum City where he built his stout reputation ) . |
| 12 | A typical training programme usually takes the form of a series of workshops , sometimes in a residential setting , lasting around three days with perhaps a follow-up day a few months later . |
| 13 | He loved company and could be found at night in a dingy tavern a few alleys away ; this was the resting place of riverside workers and shady persons who obtained their living without work . |
| 14 | Black pepper is a proper and good inclusion , because stirring it in to a hot dish a few minutes before serving releases wonderful flavour . |
| 15 | In three of the six subjects ( responders ) methane excretion showed a pronounced fall a few days after SO 4 was added to the diet , so that by 10 days with added sulphate methane concentration was less than 2 ppm in all samples measured in these three subjects . |
| 16 | He was on patrol with two other UN military observers when the mine exploded as they were driving around a small bridge a few miles north of the temples in Siem Reap province . |
| 17 | Nick took her to a small restaurant a few miles outside Cambridge , where they both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened . |
| 18 | I it 's a big upheaval every few years is n't it |
| 19 | She was brought up in Cramer , a coastal village a few miles from Dunstanburgh . |
| 20 | I heard a noise one night , like several motorbikes roaring down the road , only it was coming from above , and as I looked out of the window there they were — three red exhausts in the sky , blinding along a parallel course a few feet above the roof tops . |
| 21 | Although the client suggested a Victorian-style treatment , similar to a recent conversion a few doors away , the architects were determined to convert the building in a sympathetic but thoroughly modern way , on the limited budget which was available . |
| 22 | On the other hand , lifting a genuine wineglass a few feet in the air by sheer mental energy required several hours of systematic preparation if the wizard wished to prevent the simple principle of leverage flicking his brain out through his ears . |
| 23 | ‘ There was a rare scandal a few years ago , though to be sure it was hushed up very swiftly — but some of us heard of it , naturally . ’ |
| 24 | Darlington Tory MP and Schools Minister Michael Fallon , said : ‘ It is ironic Durham County Council can find the money for a new nursery a few weeks before the general election . |
| 25 | Shifting slightly , he drilled a new indentation a few inches from the original . |
| 26 | One of them , Bill , was promoted to a supervisory position a few months ago . |
| 27 | They went into a quiet period a few years ago it was very quiet erm but er yes they 're they 're going strong . |
| 28 | John Major made a perceptive observation a few days ago when he declared that he found many people to be cross , rather than angry , about the recession . |
| 29 | As members will recall , the Association petitioned for a Royal Charter a few years ago . |
| 30 | When tartrazine was receiving a bad press a few years ago , the Arnett brothers decided to stop using artificial colours altogether , but the outcome was far from positive . |