Example sentences of "from a few [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings . |
2 | But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands . |
3 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
4 | She had concluded , with relief , that apart from a few episodes of moodiness from Sarah , they had taken it very well . |
5 | ‘ Apart from a few pieces of glass and steel which had been gifts from my family and had sentimental value , I let her run riot among my other acquisitions . |
6 | After its recognition in 1936 and its description as a clinical entity in 1938 , the prognosis has improved from a few months of life to a median age of survival of over 20 years . |