Example sentences of "in a few [noun pl] [noun] [be] " in BNC.

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1 In a few cases data were not available for some of the more minor roads entering a junction .
2 In a few cases people are the target , usually the result of the horses not having being handled properly ; but mostly the aggression in horses is directed towards other horses .
3 And then in a few minutes Dennis is going to join with me in explaining to you how we are going to make the quality planning procedure work for you .
4 The Churchill Government inherited a highly efficient system of Cabinet and official committees , but with in a few months officials were complaining that the neat system consolidated by Clement Attlee was in disarray .
5 It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity .
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