Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [art] few " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | One senses a rush of creative warmth as this lonely rapt figure is conjured in a few sentences . |
| 6 | Like the books mentioned above , its specific content will be superseded in a few years ; but in meantime the book may be able to rescue some future Nobel laureates from becoming otherwise lost in cyberspace . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities , although cases were reported in a few localities . |
| 9 | Yes , and I have even added in a few pictures which have never been seen before . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Once a spreadsheet model is established such questions can be answered in a few seconds . |
| 15 | Career family home — all had been ruined in a few seconds . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 20 | The curtains bowed in a few yards away , almost touching the window-sill , the movement like a wave . |
| 21 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
| 22 | With this one exception , he said in many pages what Lanfranc had said in a few sentences . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | More is accomplished in a few weeks through revival than is accomplished in years of ordinary labours . |
| 25 | Fuelling stations incorporate ‘ fast fill ’ techniques , where fuelling can be accomplished in a few minutes . |
| 26 | For the Community as a whole , the Maastricht agreement and all its areas — including the social provisions , which the others will accept outside the treaty on the basis of a separate protocol to be agreed in a few months ' time — were the significant aspect . |
| 27 | The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages . |
| 28 | Produced by TVS , Men of Science is now being shown in a few other areas for those not already suffering exophthalmos after an evening of Rising Damp , Cuffy , The Avengers and Pro-Celebrity Golf |
| 29 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
| 30 | It has already been used in a few clinical trials in normal volunteers and diabetics . |