Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | With her grace , and a few prayers the rest of us may find for you , you can hardly go unblessed . ’ |
2 | 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 . |
3 | After a few hours the speed of change slowed . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | But , as Action on Smoking and Health predicted that within a few years the majority of companies will have smoking policies , Roger Stubbs , deputy managing director of MORI , warned a confrontation is looming between ‘ green consumers ’ and ‘ smoking civil libertarians ’ who insist aggressively on their right to smoke in public places or at work . |
6 | In a few years the number of BSE infected cattle is expected to drastically fall . |
7 | Bad today , the situation will get worse when in a few years the number of potential recruits begins to decline . |
8 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
9 | In 1939 history intervened and in the space of a few months the work of a lifetime was in ruins . |
10 | Within a few paces the loom of the Tower was lost and the glint of light from the arrow-slit disappeared behind the curtains of rain . |