Example sentences of "[verb] in the few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 2 | Depression and a diminution in self care were noted in the few cases identified in the Kent Community Care project ( Davies and Challis , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | Molly spoke with quiet confidence as though she had become in the few hours since their arrival the owner of ‘ La Felicità ’ and the organizer of life in the house . |
| 4 | Unknown to many of the trapped men , but suspected by the more experienced , poisonous gases had started to gather in the few roadways available to them . |
| 5 | Of course , no day is typical and there are particular tensions which emerge in the few weeks before the Christmas break . |
| 6 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
| 7 | Perhaps what the authorities need to consider in the few months available to them is just when a decision needs to be made . |
| 8 | But I think in the few months that this administration has er , has been in office , it is encouraging to see that the county council is operating inside the budget , er , which I believe was actually set by the previous administration , erm , er over which we had no influence whatsoever . |
| 9 | These reasons may not be entirely true , but since formal advice on radon exposure was first issued in 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) great concern has arisen in the few areas of the country that have high radon levels . |
| 10 | The statements with which respondents were invited to entirely agree , agree with qualification , or disagree , were : ( 12 ) Dreams only occur in the few moments before you wake up . |
| 11 | He himself was only a little shy — and obviously very proud of the English words he 'd acquired in the few months since his arrival . |