Example sentences of "from [art] few [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , as he explained to Lord Derby , ‘ the cancelled parts , may , if you please , be bound together , and entitled Illustrations of Birds from Australia , and from the few copies in the hands of the public , they will some day be of value , though , it is true , more to the Book-Collector , than the Naturalist . ’ |
| 2 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 3 | This is because they can include additional short irradiations for elements with isotopes of very short half-lives , from a few minutes to a few hours , although this increases the analyst 's work . |
| 4 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 5 | Market loans consist of a variety of different loans from a few hours to a few weeks , mainly to other banks or to financial institutions such as the discount houses which specialize in short-term lending and borrowing . |
| 6 | This morning , most areas had a bright start — apart from a few showers in the east . |
| 7 | When Society members inspected the guard 's compartment , they discovered that the original vacuum gauge was still in place and that , apart from a few alterations to the window arrangements , the coach is essentially as built . |
| 8 | The sea lagoon turned out to vary in depth from a few inches to a couple of feet . |
| 9 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 10 | It will look at the entirety of the obligations undertaken by the firm and determine the nature of the relationship from the whole contract construed in the light of its commercial context rather than from a few words in the contract . |
| 11 | If they made the bead taste bitter , by dipping it in alcohol , or quinine , or the pungent methylanthranilate , then the chick would peck once , show disgust by shaking its head vigorously and wiping its beak on the floor of its pen , and then back away , refusing to peck at a similar but dry bead offered any time from a few seconds to a few days subsequently . |
| 12 | The evidence for increased transmitter release is strongest for STP , that is from a few seconds to an hour or so after the inductive event . |
| 13 | This process can take anything from a few weeks to a few months . |
| 14 | In the Sheriff Court the adjustment period can range from a few weeks to a few months , depending on the whim of the Sheriff . |
| 15 | Victoria 's open face , freckled from a few weeks in the Mediterranean sun , was clouded with bewilderment . |
| 16 | These have short periods , from a few days to a few weeks . |