Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
| 2 | It is therefore all the more significant that , among the few statistics it does contain , data on variations in performance between providers feature so prominently — 50% variation in acute hospital treatment costs , for example , or 100% variation in general practitioner prescribing costs . |
| 3 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 4 | From my viewpoint , major upgrades have to be worth the few pounds it might cost . |
| 5 | Duncan had wanted to wait the few hours it would take to fix the Citation and run checks on it , but Myeloski was anxious to get to Tobolsk . |
| 6 | She 'd waited the few moments it took for his lean , athletic figure to be swallowed up in the crowd , feasting her eyes on his receding back , fighting back the threatening tears . |
| 7 | For a typical car , the carpet will only be about 2 cm thick , and will be quite short-lived but in the few seconds it lasts before collapsing it will transfer most of its heat to the road . |
| 8 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 9 | About thirty , he thought ; and he liked her laugh , the few wrinkles it caused . |
| 10 | If this helps only a few teachers it would still be one step towards our goal of all participants in classes joining the Society . |
| 11 | But after a few hours it became hard to disguise . |
| 12 | Put a piece of raw meat into a stream and within a few hours it will be covered with small , flat , black worms feeding on it . |
| 13 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
| 14 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
| 15 | But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation . |
| 16 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 17 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
| 18 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 19 | In a few minutes it was all over . |
| 20 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 21 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
| 22 | Within a few minutes it has to return to wet its skin and take a fresh mouthful of water . |
| 23 | After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again . |
| 24 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 25 | Within a few minutes it was adopted unanimously . |
| 26 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
| 27 | Within a few trials it learns to stay on the shelf ( this is called ‘ step-down avoidance ’ ) . |
| 28 | After a few attempts it will drive as normal . |
| 29 | From more than a few feet it was impossible to tell even the sex of the figure . |
| 30 | If David was to have a few drinks it would all come out . |