Example sentences of "of a few [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of the process of writing from the very beginning , and writing in small steps , from the first day you should write down , and keep available , notes consisting of a few sentences on each of the following : ( a ) the essay 's hypothesis ( the claim it is interested in exploring ) ; ( b ) the evidence or data you are going to use ( the facts , quotes , parallel cases from other texts , etc. , that you are in the process of collecting ) ; ( c ) brief statements of your ideas so far ; ( d ) in the case of a longer dissertation , the preliminary results of a " literature search " ( a survey of bibliographies to find things to read ) . |
| 2 | The son of Caerleon is a progressive type , apparently certain to come of a few pounds for that introduction , and should be good enough to take the Queen 's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes . |
| 3 | Clearly there are other choices for the parameters , but for all realistic values the critical concentrations will be small , and the length scale of the individual layers will be a small fraction of the chamber depth in the range of a few centimetres to several metres . |
| 4 | Seismic data were returned to Earth over a period of a few years from these five stations , though they were reduced to four when the Apollo 11 station stopped working . |
| 5 | There was never a more astonishing Revolution accomplished in the internal system of any country than there has been within the compass of a few years in that of England … |