Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Gloucester , which saw active service in the Gulf War , will monitor traffic to and from Serbia and Montenegro for the next few months . |
| 32 | With plans to expand our cutter fleet in the offing Venturous took on a new role as training ship during the winter periods for the next few years . |
| 33 | Keyworth said then that anti-missile lasers are the stuff of fantasy for the next few decades . |
| 34 | He 's been active with me in this issue for the last few years , ’ the MP announced . |
| 35 | The ideal is to leave the ground balanced on the main wheel , and to hold a constant attitude for the first few feet of the launch while the aircraft gains height and speed . |
| 36 | He came out of hospital in January 1963 , and convalesced at home for the next few weeks . |
| 37 | Such an event normally takes us to Dartmoor or Exmoor , has run on the same basis for the last few years and is planned to the last minute — so why the meeting ? |
| 38 | I remember Yvonne saying something about being away on a job for the next few days . |
| 39 | He was so depressed , poor boy , at falling in the first place — all Langleys ride as if they were born to it — and then at not being able to return to Cambridge for the last few weeks of term , and his aunt was quite at her wit 's end to know what to do with him . |
| 40 | He had quite enjoyed that kind of jealousy for the first few months of their marriage . |
| 41 | They took the same tube for the first few stops . |
| 42 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 43 | It 's just that what we 're going to be doing for the next few weeks means you 're going to have to be very open with me , and Quincx to a degree . |
| 44 | The relief of escaping from his company was so intense that she felt as if she 'd been wired up to an electric charge for the last few hours and someone had finally taken pity on her and turned off the power . |
| 45 | However , he has to take a complete rest for the next few weeks . |
| 46 | The deal , said by sources to be ‘ very valuable to Pyramid , ’ will also allow ICL to OEM the company 's high-end MIServer ES machines — this follows on from an informal Pyramid-ICL sales teaming that has been operating in the UK for the last few months . |
| 47 | She did n't know whether to smile back or not , and she wondered what that expression had meant , and what had been going through his head for the last few miles . |
| 48 | They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks . |
| 49 | She 'd lived without carpets for the first few weeks and it had been nearly a year before she 'd been able to ditch her old and undersized curtains . |
| 50 | Notice boards outside tourist offices often display weather forecasts for the next few days . |
| 51 | A sympathetic doctor may help and so will friends and family ready to give support and put up with unreasonable behaviour for the first few weeks or more . |
| 52 | The CNAA could not establish boards for every subject component of degrees in education , and in the event for the first few years the Committee for Education , using a range of specialist panels in support , itself carried out the validation work . |
| 53 | I expect to see us dominating this event for the next few years . ’ |
| 54 | The child is receiving his direct physical care from a carefully selected woman who will be his nurse-cum-mother for the next few years . |
| 55 | This part of Enfield has those yellow sodium lamps that have that delicate rosy glow for the first few minutes after they are switched on . |
| 56 | I have a busy schedule for the next few days , so I may not be in touch . |
| 57 | ‘ But right now , if you do n't mind , Giles , I think Cavell should meet Penny Seu Chen so that they can sort out Maria 's schedule for the next few days , as I doubt if Maria has had time to familiarise herself with it yet . |
| 58 | ‘ We 're going to be close to each other for the next few days , perhaps longer , and I refuse to keep calling you Miss Adams ; Claudia is a charming name . ’ |
| 59 | However , as we shall have to live with each other for the next few months in an electioneering atmosphere , I refer hon. Members to ’ Erskine May ’ on moderation in language . |
| 60 | The pension in these schemes is generally based on 1/80th of your earnings for the last few years before retirement , plus a lump sum of 3/80ths of the same earnings . |