Example sentences of "several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may take several releases and many months before the company starts to see a return on its investments , so it is essential for an indie to have a relatively solid financial base to see it through the difficult early stages and to sustain the levels of promotion until an act on the label breaks . |
| 2 | I would have thought that a large company like Fender could supply this information with their products as a matter of course , together with technical specifications and notes on the safe usage of this product — after all , I seem to recall several musicians being electrocuted when playing their electric guitars . |
| 3 | ( We now know that there are several isotopes of oxygen , but that does not seriously alter the argument . ) |
| 4 | We have abolished several taxes completely , including the surcharge on income from savings , the National Insurance Surcharge , Development Land Tax , and Capital Transfer Tax . |
| 5 | ( h ) Mortgage arrangements Large chains of estate agents now organise a mortgage for their buyers , and smaller firms of estate agents will have several contacts in the market , either directly with mortgage companies , or via brokers . |
| 6 | Several knights came to Ayrshire , one being Walter Fitzallan , whose father had moved from Normandy to England with William the Conqueror and had fought at the Battle of Hastings . |
| 7 | And , finally , there were several knights of James 's court who looked like him . ’ |
| 8 | Several ornaments from a displayed collection of unpleasant little figurines had been swept off a small table . |
| 9 | They broke into the house in Scotto Crescent through the patio doors and made off with several ornaments . |
| 10 | I have five portraits at Oxford University and have also painted several headmasters . |
| 11 | The identification of CTL to several epitopes in P. falciparum antigens indicates that natural exposure to malaria leads to processing of pre-erythrocytic antigens for HLA class I presentation . |
| 12 | Owner Stewart Tarratt said : ‘ There were several burglaries that night and I think the thief just stopped here for a meal break . ’ |
| 13 | As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . |
| 14 | I arrived at Skaftafell to find several groups of campers , all wild-eyed outdoor types , I suppose not unlike me . |
| 15 | Several groups of Americans were turned away despite protests that tables had been booked for them by Čedok or by their hotels . |
| 16 | For example , one group focused specifically on the particular problems and needs of Asian parents , another was for older parents and carers , and several groups provided significant elements of direct service . |
| 17 | Several groups of Communes are in the LFA Zone de Montagne ; in the Rochefort-Montagne Commune of Puy-de-Dome much encouragement has been given to remembrement by M. Giscard d'Estaing who resides in the area and is in favour of ‘ progressive ’ agriculture . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , several groups continued to work on nomenclature problems and one can point to the French Saint-Etienne meeting of 1897 , and the independent work of Hantzsch , Widman and von Baeyer , which laid the foundation of modern organic nomenclature . |
| 19 | The role of platelets in the process ( which has resulted from the work of several groups : ( Chandler & Hand , 1961 ; Murphy et al , 1962 ; French , 1966 ; Ross et al , 1974 ) as put forward by Ross and Glomset ( 1976 ) is really a bringing together of the Virchow and Rokitansky hypotheses of more than a century ago in that platelets may themselves contribute to vessel injury , thrombosis and atherogenesis ( Mustard et al , 1983 ) . |
| 20 | As a result of some 40 sub-projects involving all the Member States ( and often several groups within each one ) , databases of topography , soils , water resources and quality , biotopes , atmospheric emissions , climate , soil erosion and administrative boundaries have been built up for the whole Community and can be interrelated ; other data sets ( such as land cover , derived from satellite imagery ) have already been compiled for some of the Member States . |
| 21 | Several groups claim to exert their influence , but insist that it is no more than that . |
| 22 | Several groups are concerned in online orientation , training and education ( see figure 14 ) : |
| 23 | Soft Furnishers , can be split into several groups , some specialise in loose covers , curtains , quilting , and lampshade making , while others may specialise in curtains , pelmets , bedcovers , fitting rails and rods . |
| 24 | Guided by a mournful bleating , he came across several groups of sheep , huddled together in the vain hope of safety . |
| 25 | Among the several groups pursuing this route is that of Steven Jones of Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah . |
| 26 | Equal pay claims were brought and lost by several groups of working women , bakers , confectioners and factory workers . |
| 27 | Obviously , from time to time , several groups will meet at a good feeding site or at a salt lick and larger gatherings occur , but small groups are the general rule . |
| 28 | Between 1908 and 1948 several groups negotiated the needs of older people , among them the National Conference on Old Age Pensions ( NCOAP ) , the National Spinsters ' Pensions Association ( which played an important role in the reduction of women 's pension age from 65 to 60 ) , the National Federation of Old Age Pensions Associations ( NFOAPA ) , and the National Old People 's Welfare Committee , established by voluntary groups during the Second World War . |
| 29 | Fred Crocombe put the flaps half down , and Wood flattened out and made a fine three-point landing , pulling up quickly and successfully avoiding several groups of boulders . |
| 30 | Several groups bid in more than one region . |