Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun pl] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 All I have to worry about is designing , instead of production ETAs or trying to work out my taxes whilst being in a million meetings a day .
2 One year a jewel of a kid called Seamus said that maybe in a hundred years the Africans will still remember and they 'll have an African Republican Army .
3 In a billion years the universe will be on the knife 's edge of expansion or collapsing again , depending on its critical density .
4 However in a few women the periods may become a little heavier .
5 The plant-eaters grew bulkier and heavier as a kind of protection , and in a few instances the flesh-eaters also grew commensurately bigger .
6 In Crohn 's disease the frequency of IgG anti-α antigen and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies did not differ statistically from the control group , although in a few instances the antibody levels were surprisingly high .
7 In a few instances the loss of someone close can propel the survivor into an overwhelming emotional whirlpool that can not be contained without expert help or hospitalization or treatment or a combination of all of these .
8 In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed .
9 In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed .
10 In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work .
11 In a few cases the obligations of the local authorities will be quite clear .
12 In a few cases the wetlands proved too much for them .
13 In a few cases the disease undergoes a recurrent phase when the manifestations of secondary syphilis are seen again .
14 This may take the form of requirements for reports , returns and information or the holding of enquiries , or in a few cases the issuing of directions , e.g. by the Secretary of State for Education to a local education authority .
15 Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child .
16 Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive .
17 In a few cases the loan may be repaid in one lump sum at the end of its term .
18 A little lower , a white dart seared across the top of the sky , outrunning the night , overtaking the sun , crossing in a few hours an ocean that was once the edge of the world … .
19 Although the central confederations of employers ' associations are usually much less involved in collective bargaining than are the industry associations , nevertheless in a few countries the peak organisations do play a major role .
20 In a few minutes a boy appeared .
21 My Lords in a few minutes the House will have to vote on this issue .
22 Once again Campana saw the Germans line up ; ‘ In a few minutes the slopes of Hill 265 were covered with enemy advancing on us .
23 It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working .
24 And in a few moments a voice from that quarter , low and breathy , joined very softly in the responses .
25 As we 're gon na be commemorating and celebrating in a few moments the sacrifice to the very point of giving his own life .
26 In a few days the effects of the anaesthetic will diminish and you will feel better .
27 In a few days The Shamen take their millennial grooves and positive paganism to Salt Lake City .
28 Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away .
29 One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town .
30 In a few seconds the fuse caught , and after about ten seconds the mass of flame blew up and out , throwing something black and smoking twenty metres or more into the late-afternoon air and scattering pieces all over the Grounds .
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