Example sentences of "in a few [noun pl] the [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 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 . |
3 | However in a few incidents the initial charge had been for the full offence of rape … . |
4 | In a few minutes the same policeman forced his way through the mob to the gallery . |
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 . |