Example sentences of "[vb pp] in a [det] " in BNC.
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1 | As explained earlier , it is therefore important to avoid the use of independent overflow areas except as a safety precaution ; the one exception to this is when updates are grouped in a few areas . |
2 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
3 | It was strongly hinted that " a dividend is expected in a few weeks time " which is equivalent to " a discount on the purchase price . " |
4 | Located in a former wool warehouse , the museum highlights how we perceive and use colour . |
5 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
6 | One senses a rush of creative warmth as this lonely rapt figure is conjured in a few sentences . |
7 | Like the books mentioned above , its specific content will be superseded in a few years ; but in meantime the book may be able to rescue some future Nobel laureates from becoming otherwise lost in cyberspace . |
8 | However , abnormal neurological signs ( notably unusually brisk tendon reflexes and tremor ) are common in older subjects , and overt neurological deterioration has been reported in a few early treated young adults . |
9 | The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities , although cases were reported in a few localities . |
10 | Yes , and I have even added in a few pictures which have never been seen before . |
11 | To make chocolate buttercream , add 15g ( ½oz ) cocoa powder to the mixture , and for a coffee flavour add 5ml ( 1tsp ) coffee — either first dissolved in a little water or the ‘ Camp ’ variety . |
12 | Already for nearly a century the syllabub had been keeping company with the trifle , and in due course the trifle came to reign in the syllabub 's stead ; and before long the party pudding of the English was not any more the fragile whip of cream contained in a little glass , concealing within its innocent white froth a powerful alcoholic punch , but a built-up confection of sponge fingers and ratafias soaked in wine and brandy , spread with jam , clothed in an egg-and-cream custard , topped with a syllabub and strewn with little coloured comfits . |
13 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
14 | This was because the scientific elite of the Athenaeum , on whom the correspondents relied , were well aware that research on controlled thermonuclear reactions was already being furtively pursued in a few British laboratories . |
15 | It 's all done in a few seconds , which means it 's even harder for you to fend off the messages ; they go in subliminally , which means you are n't aware of them . |
16 | But both the try and the victory itself were sweet moments for a player who earlier this season was advised to quit the sport after being injured in an All Ireland league match against Ballymena . |
17 | Now , if he 'd written in a more highfalutin way , or he 'd talked about Liz and myself , or a variety of other things , in a very pontificating way , it may never have got in the newspaper because they would have said , ‘ What is the relevance ? |
18 | His prep crew had coptered in a few days ago , but it was psychologically important for the movement that the first arrivals turn up in the old way , like the Mormon pioneers who had first built by the Salt Lake and made the desert bloom . |
19 | But erm they are built in a such a way that they should cater for the largest vehicle that is likely to use that road . |
20 | Once a spreadsheet model is established such questions can be answered in a few seconds . |
21 | For such use , the non-flowering variety " Treneague " is to be preferred , and can be grown in a little shade . |
22 | There should be a certain lusciousness about the style imparted to a blend by top quality Pinot Noir grapes , although this can be marred by an earthy taste if the vines are grown in a less than favourable site . |
23 | Career family home — all had been ruined in a few seconds . |
24 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
25 | The range of possibilities for the pace and form of change can be seen in a few specific industries in each of the three sectors : national resource processing , manufacturing and services . |
26 | Hovering in the background to it all was the commanding officer ( played by Eric Barker , also to be seen in a few of the other early ‘ Carry On ’ films ) and his instruction that was so familiar to every ‘ sprog ’ who ever put on a uniform , ‘ Carry on Sergeant ’ . |
27 | The curtains bowed in a few yards away , almost touching the window-sill , the movement like a wave . |
28 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
29 | With this one exception , he said in many pages what Lanfranc had said in a few sentences . |
30 | The dilemma of whether to improve ( or not ) an old building which may not be needed in a few years ' time can last for decades . |