Example sentences of "[noun] in a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously we are not going to cure the blight of centuries in a few years . |
| 2 | In some cases long-term relationships grow up between casual workers and particular organizations In a few cases , Particularly In the banqueting establishments of a few large London hotels , where there is at least one " event " on most days of the week and most weeks of the year , there are some casuals who work effectively full-time for the organization concerned . |
| 3 | How can we allow the commercial hunting of whales when they could be starved of food because of ozone depletion in a few years ' time ? " |
| 4 | And that 's Nick Harris talking to Ken Vasey up at the Manor ground and we hope to return to the Manor in a few moments time and see who else Nick has got to talk to us . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll bring you some tea in a few minutes , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Soak break in a few tablespoons of water with the vinegar and garlic for 10 minutes . |
| 7 | We shall be continuing our more detailed look at factory shops in a few weeks ' time . |
| 8 | ‘ The pictures are standard practice in a few health surveys , ’ said Miss Snowdon . |
| 9 | I will give her a ring in a few minutes , but suspect I suspect that you and daddy have to have a bath together . |
| 10 | forbidding the use of capillary fittings containing lead-based solder on pipes supplying drinking water ( see Chapter 2 ) n changing the size of flushing cisterns used with WCs ( to come into effect in a few years ' time — see Chapter 8 ) |
| 11 | I 'll find it a billet in a few days . ’ |
| 12 | Does n't he say something about there 's gon na be ten thousand small schools in a few years and erm |
| 13 | But I 'll touch on the reason why they do n't need those condition in a few minutes . |
| 14 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |
| 15 | Summarize the consumption figures for coal and petroleum in a few sentences . |
| 16 | It was the voices coming from the little boxes , and the concept of man flying between America and England in a few hours , that he found difficult to grasp . |
| 17 | A new urgency came when the depressed labourers exploded into protest in the autumn of 1830 , part of troubles that swept much of England in a few months . |
| 18 | ‘ I shall leave England in a few months ’ time . ’ |
| 19 | The introduction of a financial quota system inevitably placed unprecedented responsibilities on most branches and student groups to make tangible contributions to support their activities , and those of the District , which led to predictable objections from some branches and to genuine difficulty in meeting the allocated quotas in a few instances . |
| 20 | The sergeant 's parting shot was , ‘ I suppose you 'll be in the desert in a few weeks ’ time disguised as a Bedouin . ’ |
| 21 | The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time . |
| 22 | I vote that this a good point other activities for the County Council in a few years that you that you will find er people anxious to support , thank you gentlemen |
| 23 | HANS Wagenknecht , 24 , is a physics student from Germany who will be looking for work in a few years . |
| 24 | The theory of the second-best says that it is allocatively more efficient to spread inevitable distortions thinly over many markets than to concentrate their effects in a few markets . |
| 25 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 26 | We 're going to Kinsai in a few days . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend 's question speaks for itself , and no doubt we shall hear more about such matters in a few minutes . |
| 28 | ‘ If you had to sum up our philosophy in a few words , it would be : ‘ Do as you would be done by ’ , ’ says Margaret . |
| 29 | You can see in a Trivial Pursuit question in a few years time what 's the most commonly said three words ? |
| 30 | If the advice is more positive , will the parents be able to shrug off attitudes which have built up over decades in a few days ? |