Example sentences of "[adj] few [noun pl] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a funny few minutes about John Major 's working class credentials but like Mills the rest of the act was a bit hackneyed . |
| 2 | Her next door neighbour , a Mrs. Ellen Greaves , gave evidence that she had constantly challenged Esther Dyson in sign language ( which she had learnt through daily contact with the deaf brother and sister ) over the preceding few months about her being in the family way . |
| 3 | What I have n't done and I ought to because of the erm the way that this discussion has to unfold , I ought to say that pure few sentences about why should there be a strategic sites policy at all and erm I ought to put that on the record although it 's pretty well trailed in all the paper work . |
| 4 | And there 'll also be at the club tomorrow morning an antiquarian bookseller , a dealer in manuscripts , and an expert in drawings , to see if there 's been the hanky-panky suggested by those few notes about Fishbane . ’ |
| 5 | Nothing could make clearer the extent of God 's commitment to his world than the appearance of the Jacob stories so hard on the heels of those few stories about Isaac . |
| 6 | I shall cover our response to the needs of the voluntary sector , of Eastern Europe , of Africa and I shall say a particular few words about the needs of children , the subject which is of course at the very heart of your work . |
| 7 | There were precious few lorries about either . |
| 8 | DEC is expecting to have conversations with friends at Hewlett-Packard Co in the next few weeks about its participation in COSE . |
| 9 | Maynard , Massachusetts-based Digital Equipment Corp indicates that it is expecting to have conversations with friends at Hewlett-Packard Co in the next few weeks about its participation in the Common Open Software Environment . |
| 10 | I shall be making a statement in the next few days about offending while on bail . |
| 11 | Now , thinking just about the last few weeks about how many hours a week , on average , have you spent reading books for pleasure ? |
| 12 | Er thinking about the last few weeks about how many hours a week on average ? |
| 13 | Although The Art Newspaper has written extensively during the last few months about the problems the international art trade will be facing in just over half a year from now , I nevertheless want to bring to your attention some other serious difficulties which the art market will have to confront , issues which are quite separate from the general economic malaise affecting business at the moment . |
| 14 | I am writing in reply to all the letters you have printed over the past few months about Steffi Graf . |
| 15 | Since we 've been thinking these past few weeks about what Christians believe , the first text would be in the er skeleton outline that we 've been taking in the Apostles ' creed , which says I believe in the Holy Ghost . |