Example sentences of "[noun] every few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems result from long-term exposure , so families who change homes every few years may not suffer because they are exposed to levels above the action level for only a short time . |
| 2 | But Ninagawa stops the action every few minutes to make tiny adjustments . |
| 3 | His presence in the pitch darkness was marked only by the dull glow of a cigarette , its red tip pulsing into light every few moments to reveal the black pencil of the Colonel 's moustache as he sat , immobile behind his desk , reflecting on the previous day 's visitor . |
| 4 | Thus , the fragmented structure of The Green House , which changes in form , style , time , place and protagonists every few pages , conveys an image of Peru as a disunited nation , divided by geography , levels of development , culture , race and class , and of the world as a chaotic labyrinth in which disoriented individuals struggle in vain to find some coherence . |
| 5 | The government blamed the drought on El Niño , the warm ocean current which , sweeping in near the Pacific coast every few years , caused wide fluctuations in the local weather . |
| 6 | If the launch seems slow , check the speed every few seconds . |
| 7 | The man of the house told us that he had to repaint his boat every few weeks as the chemicals stripped it back to bare wood.And his wife complained of burns all up one arm from washing her clothes in contaminated water . |
| 8 | Kitty moved from hut to hut every few years . |
| 9 | A perk of the office is to be invited to lunch with the Queen every few years . |
| 10 | Standard national and international codes exist for many of these but are subject to revision every few years . |
| 11 | … having myself graduated in Business over 40 years ago , there seems to be a remarkable cycle in which we return to particular models every few decades . |
| 12 | Israel 's safety depends more on winning a stable Middle east peace than on wiping out the Iraqi dictator 's nuclear plants every few years |
| 13 | If you change the colours every few rows on the first part of the ‘ turn ’ and reverse the colours on the second part , you get a circular change of colour which is quite marvellous — worth the effort of sewing in the ends ! |
| 14 | In addition , checks by waste disposal authorities are almost impossible to effect , owing to the fact that lorry loads of waste arrive on site every few minutes , are dumped and the tip is covered over at the end of the day . |
| 15 | My father checks the cellar every few weeks , going nervously down with a torch , counting the bales and sniffing , and looking at the thermometer and hygrometer . |
| 16 | The first is to design and construct local services for the majority of mentally disordered people who live in their own homes and who may use mental health services for only a few weeks every few years . |
| 17 | I 'm watching a silent T.V. The flickering light from the screen changes the mood of the dark room every few seconds , but I 'm impervious to mood . |
| 18 | In the dry season , groups of families travel out into the forest , moving camp every few days and living off wild foods , thus more uniformly exploiting the environment at a time of scarcity and the risk of irreversible depletion of the local forest . |
| 19 | As you should change the soil in the wormery every few weeks , this is the time to search through the soil for egg capsules . |
| 20 | It was only later I learned that with so many religious activities , there are bells every few minutes . |
| 21 | Females do that , dump their dead skin every few months and start again . ’ |
| 22 | He pointed back down the road to where his travelling companion was still approaching , having adopted a method of riding that involved falling out of the saddle every few seconds . |
| 23 | A knife-point poked into his back every few seconds , so he knew that the mestizo was close behind him . |
| 24 | So they kept changing the man on the next machine , and until he could talk him into using the System , William 's grandad would have to lurch down machine alley every few minutes , heaving his stiff leg behind him like Long John Silver and cursing like his parrot . |
| 25 | Penry 's been on the phone every few minutes to see if you 've arrived . |
| 26 | He crossed to his drinks cabinet and poured himself another large measure of whisky , glancing at the phone every few seconds as if willing it to ring . |
| 27 | Sufficient of these were at night for there to be , on average , one movement every few minutes . |
| 28 | If you get out of position and if you find yourself too low , move up slowly in small steps , checking the movement every few feet . |
| 29 | publish a new edition at appropriate intervals , for example every few years . |
| 30 | Your best bet is to feed a leaf or two of blanched lettuce or spinach every few days and let them browse on it . |