Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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1 | Opposition Members would welcome the opportunity to debate Government and Opposition policies during the general election campaign , but , given that the Prime Minister does not have the guts to call an election , can you please ensure that , during the few remaining weeks of the Government 's period of office , Prime Minister 's Question Time will be used to ask the Prime Minister questions about Government policy ? |
2 | And she had never needed Josey 's encouragement more than she had just a matter of a few short weeks ago . |
3 | It has been an astonishing transformation in opinions and attitudes , within the course of a few short weeks . |
4 | Tito , at the age of 87 , was forced to stay alive for a few extra weeks by the vigorous application of every last trick of the medical trade , including the use of a kidney machine , long after it was apparent that he had reached the end of a pretty long road . |
5 | Her lot had not been a happy one : the husband whom she had only ever seen for a few precious weeks in all since their marriage had now left her a widow , without support and with a child and step-children to fend for . |
6 | Ratners does most of its business in the few short weeks before Christmas . |
7 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
8 | After suitable lengthy training for the sacrifice , these psykers would be consumed within a few scant weeks or months , drained of their spirits till they died . |
9 | In a few short weeks the scoops had torn a channel twenty feet wide from end to end , ripping the backbone out of Adventurers ' Fen … |
10 | Attractive as they are , specialised feeders such as these will be doomed to starvation and death in a few short weeks in the aquarium . |
11 | The foliage in the park was turning to burnished gold and Rachel knew that in a few short weeks the temperature would drop , the leaves would fall and once again her favourite time of year would be over . |