Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [num ord] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily the last few miles are downhill into Barnsley . ’ |
| 2 | Corridors that sloped down more and more steeply , so that they had to sit and shuffle down the last few metres . |
| 3 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 4 | Hurriedly , she jotted down the last few words , and started back out , but it was too late . |
| 5 | Well obviously the last few weeks the eastern Mediterranean has been hit very badly erm but even as from yesterday places like Cyprus are starting to come back very quickly . |
| 6 | Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income . |
| 7 | The single-cell layer of the wall will lie in such a way that it is in contact with the mother 's blood supply , burrowing into the capillaries ( thread-like blood vessels ) to obtain nutrition via the mother 's blood — only the first few days ' nutrition comes from within the blastocyst itself . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's as if only the last few hours of my life were real . |
| 9 | She caught only the last few words : ‘ the sooner this dangerous person is apprehended the better ’ , and switched off in frustration . |
| 10 | The bomb had been a direct hit and only the last few dwellings had still been standing afterwards . |
| 11 | Sickness rose , vying with the pain , as she found herself piecing together the last few hours of Mark 's life . |
| 12 | They 're now desperatly trying to piece together the last few hours of her life . |
| 13 | … and how many flats have gone to blacks in just the last few years ? |
| 14 | Parenting education might begin in schools and continue over the first few years of married life ( Pound et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything . |
| 16 | But their relationship had become so close over the last few months that even this advice did not see , all the 'surrealistic " to Sullivan . |
| 17 | I 've taken over the last few months when we 've done our sales training here , talking to certainly on advanced sales skills courses and so on , I 've tried to bring an air of realism to their world . |
| 18 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |
| 19 | You 'll be surprised how quickly they lower over the next few days . |
| 20 | The New Year feast is only one of a number of sumptuous meals that follow as relatives arrive over the next few days . |
| 21 | I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside . |
| 22 | While the Camphill Development Project will naturally take up time and energy and demand much sacrifice over the next few years it must not become our only goal . |
| 23 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 24 | It will inevitably take some time before the full benefits of our strategy are realised and , whilst we expect our production and cash flow to remain strong and rise over the next few years , profitability in the short term is likely to remain depressed , even with contributions from disposals . |
| 25 | If lamb prices rise over the next few years , as they may well do , then the subsidies will fall . |
| 26 | I hope over the next few months to be writing about all these accessories in more detail . |
| 27 | If you have n't got one of these to hand , perhaps we could arrange for one to be taken over the next few months . |
| 28 | Similar incidents occur over the next few months , a pattern emerges , surveilance teams are used and eventually the intruder is arrested . |
| 29 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 30 | No , not the last few years . ’ |