Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They talked about their plans for a few minutes . |
| 2 | The theory of the second-best says that it is allocatively more efficient to spread inevitable distortions thinly over many markets than to concentrate their effects in a few markets . |
| 3 | If employees leave their organisations within a few months of relocation , the heavy financial investment in them will be wasted . |
| 4 | Firms can choose to concentrate their resources in a few countries and emphasise exports to other markets , or they can disperse their resources and emphasise FDI . |
| 5 | Ranteallo explained that a stone had been raised at the death of every Toraja king , and indeed queen — though no one remembered their names beyond a few generations . |
| 6 | For example , of all the spare-time activities reported by affluent workers and their wives in the few days before being interviewed 62 per cent were in or about the home itself . |
| 7 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
| 8 | Peter Hall and Trevor Nunn made their reputations within a few years of leaving Cambridge . |