Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is true that centuries later Ptolemy applied mathematics to his astronomy .
2 In the few authorities where waste goes to modern landfills and methane is piped off for positive use , there is some energy payback , but there must be more incentive to separate the 40 per cent of the domestic waste that is vegetable-derived , and recycle it as compost .
3 It was no dream , this fantastic adventure ; it had actually happened , and she wondered with some misgivings how Susan would receive the news .
4 Peaty gleys and subalpine podzols are dominant , with some rankers where drift is shallow or absent .
5 We still get an , er quite a few calls where fireworks have been pushed through letter boxes , in including pillar boxes , and they can cause all sorts of havoc although they 'll not do an awful lot of damage to individuals .
6 There was a game they 'd played a few times when Edith was out of the house , a rough-and-tumble sort of thing , perfectly harmless .
7 They are not as effective or fast acting and are damaging to some surfaces particularly aluminium .
8 Over the same distance , people use two and a half times more energy ( per kilogram of their bulk ) than the average camel .
9 There have been very few cases where microorganisms have been used for in situ removal of chlorinated , or even petroleum compounds , and conventional biological processes are more commonly used .
10 There will be definitional and ultimately theoretical problems in a few cases where land-use decisions are shared in a complex manner between a small group like a household , and a larger community .
11 It is worth noting that there are not a few cases where constructions containing postverbal adjectives are equivalent to different structures having the same subject and the same adjectival and verbal properties , but with the former now in ordinary predicative position and the latter replaced by an adverb : ( 61 ) Mario seemed regretful Mario was apparently regretful ( 62 ) the sharks remain dangerous the sharks are still dangerous This is exactly what could have been expected , given structure ( 47 ) .
12 A burst of frequency between 10 and 10 4 Hz is expected with a duration of several cycles and an energy release of between and in gravitational waves from a star core of mass M. The mass M is expected to be similar to that of the pulsars , which average around for the few cases where measurements have been made .
13 There are of course a few cases where wives earn more than their husbands .
14 Just a few minutes ago Lou Macari left the court buildings with his wife Dale , and his solicitor Stephen Pollard , who made this statement .
15 A few minutes later Romany pulled off the tarpaulin .
16 When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise .
17 A few minutes later Luch drifted in from the castle .
18 A few minutes later Agnes was hurrying across the yard with the fresh linen in her arms , making for the house at the end of the square , when a man passing along the pavement glanced at her , then stopped and , raising his hat , said , ‘ Good afternoon , ’ and stepped towards her .
19 A few minutes later Marcus was sitting in the bathroom before a washbasin ( the water was hot ) with a towel over his chest and his face covered with shaving cream .
20 A few minutes later Chantal gunned the monstrous Harley Davidson out of the apartment block courtyard , with D'Arcy astride the pillion .
21 A few minutes later Murray turned into the Sports Centre and Richard continued towards the House in merciful solitude .
22 A few minutes later Sophie placed the tray on the low table beside Joanna and began to discuss the news of Helen 's engagement , but Joanna showed very little interest .
23 A few minutes later Ben won his , assisted by a 3.11 m.p.s. wind .
24 He turned to talk to me , but a few minutes later Ben was arguing about another of Will 's plays .
25 A few minutes later Nathan jumped down into the cockpit once more and hauled out the roller-reefed headsail .
26 ‘ That 's what we planned , ’ she agreed , and a few minutes later Cicely was talking of leaving for the hospital in half an hour .
27 A few minutes later Branco sent a typically fiendish Brazilian free-kick dipping and swerving past the wall and Van Breukelen , who rarely encountered anything like this in his Nottingham Forest days , punched the ball clear without knowing much about it .
28 A few minutes later music drones from his room .
29 A few minutes later Benjamin joined me .
30 A few minutes later Sandy opened her eyes and turned her head slowly towards them .
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