Example sentences of "in a few [noun pl] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , it was the darkest ones that survived best , with the result that in a few generations the peppered moths living near the big industrial cities were nearly all black . |
| 2 | In a few areas a detailed election manifesto has been adopted at the first meeting of a newly elected council as a basis for council policies ( Fudge 1981 ) . |
| 3 | In a few areas the proposed treatment will considerably undermine the main purpose of the forthcoming Financial Reporting Standard , namely to reflect the substance of transactions in assets or liabilities . |
| 4 | However in a few incidents the initial charge had been for the full offence of rape … . |
| 5 | In a few moments the other participant in the sequence they were shooting would come , the estate agent from Sudbury . |
| 6 | In a few moments the big dog reached the crowd gathered on the bank . |
| 7 | Thus in a few years a mere convenience for keyboard players had developed into a widely adopted performing practice which revolutionized musical textures and was to remain in use for two centuries . |