Example sentences of "[num ord] few [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Easy first few miles before the start of the ascent with the formidable wall of Siabod in your right . |
| 2 | The two councillors are to monitor the situation over the next few days before seeking a meeting with the RUC 's assistant Chief Constable . |
| 3 | But the last few minutes before their arrival fled by . |
| 4 | The pension in these schemes is generally based on 1/80th of your earnings for the last few years before retirement , plus a lump sum of 3/80ths of the same earnings . |
| 5 | But in the last few years before the war , a new military mentality had dominated French planning , the leading exponent of which was Colonel de Grandmaison , Director of Military Operations . |
| 6 | During the last few days before the event , as spectators arrived from , Ayrshire was busier than it had ever been in its history . |
| 7 | Entries are flowing in — a limit of 2000 has been set — but Malcolm Barham , of the race organisers , says things generally hot up in the last few days before the closing date , which is April 10 . |
| 8 | The sense of expectancy grows in these last few days before the fulfilment of God 's promise . |
| 9 | He had installed her in a cottage on East Street and in the last few days before the wedding she had worked all hours to spicken the place up and turn it into a home for him . |
| 10 | In the last few days before the coup , Mossadeq assumed more and more dictatorial powers . |
| 11 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 12 | Appropriately enough , then , the last few days before the book 's appearance were touched with the same rapture that had helped to prompt its creation . |
| 13 | The bomb blasts and scares were a major irritation for London retailers as streets were cordoned off and buildings evacuated , but there was strong trading in the last few days before Christmas , now an established feature of the London retail scene . |
| 14 | I knew of that from him before he left , for he was going to spend his last few days before the flight actually on the site , refreshing his memory on certain details . |
| 15 | As it lowered its wings in threat posture , I took a last few shots before backing away , mindful of Valdemar 's account of the owl which left long , bloody furrows up the back of a photographer who pushed his luck too far ! |
| 16 | He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature : his last few weeks before his death from cancer , which he fought uncomplainingly and with great courage , were spent in devising an entertainment , ‘ The French Revolution through British Eyes ’ , for the RSL . |
| 17 | Most of the swing to the Conservatives between the summer of 1986 and the summer of 1987 occurred during the winter of 1986–7 , and there was relatively little swing in the last few months before the election . |
| 18 | Most of the swing back to the government occurred during the winter of 1986–7 and there was relatively little swing in the last few months before the election . |