Example sentences of "[noun pl] over [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're land hungry — they fight like hungry dogs over a few miserable acres . |
| 2 | It is important that there should be not only a record of the climates of the past on all time scales , but also a continuing record of short-term fluctuations of climate ( variations over a few years ) coordinated on a global scale . |
| 3 | Inflation , if unchecked , can result in economic and social disorder , as conditions akin to hyper-inflation ( a thousand-fold rise in prices over a few months ) make bank savings worthless . |
| 4 | It was said , in effect , that the extent of , say , carbonate deposits over a few square miles in the Bahamas at the present day is something quite different from the persistence of carbonates in early Carboniferous times over much of the northern hemisphere . |
| 5 | Triple tests for ammonia , nitrite and nitrate have revealed startling fluctuations over a few days . |
| 6 | List all your outgoings and expenses over a few weeks . |