Example sentences of "[verb] from a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 2 | For stable samples we rarely need to obtain spectra in a hurry , and commercial spectrometers generally operate on timescales ranging from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 3 | Faulting takes place through sudden , rapid movements over distances ranging from a few centimetres to several metres . |
| 4 | ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse . |
| 5 | The amount of venom injected varies from species to species , ranging from a few microlitres in highly venomous sea snakes to six or seven millilitres in the diamondback rattlers and pit vipers . |
| 6 | It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution . |
| 7 | The mothers talking in this book are mainly in their mid to late teens , with children whose ages range from a few months to four years . |
| 8 | Alternatively , cements may nucleate on grains as separate , or disconformable , crystals ( Fig. 5.24a ) , or they may grow from a few nucleation points so that they enclose the grains as poikilotopic cements ( Fig. 5.24b ) ; they may be the same mineralogy as the grains they enclose . |
| 9 | The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings . |
| 10 | There was a happy burble of voices which came from a few children discussing some design they were doing . |
| 11 | Watch from a few yards away and you will see an elegant rodent , about the size and shape of a hare but with long stilt-like legs , step daintily towards the hole , nose lifted warily . |
| 12 | As Tudge ( 1988 ) discusses , the facility of plants to regenerate from a few cells is related to the characteristic known as totipotency . |
| 13 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 14 | ‘ No , you wo n't have to , ’ I told him , ‘ my luck 's on the turn ; it 's going to be a tremendous year , though it 's true that just now one 's recovering from a few debacles . ’ |
| 15 | In the Sheriff Court the adjustment period can range from a few weeks to a few months , depending on the whim of the Sheriff . |
| 16 | The length of single eruptive episode , which can range from a few days to several years , will depend on the eruptive energy available once the ground surface is broken . |
| 17 | Let me read you two or three other verses from that same book of Hebrews that we read from a few moments ago . |
| 18 | It is easy to spot from a few feet away . |
| 19 | The hype surrounding Justin v John Fashanu did not materialise but Justin came on , only to miss from a few yards as Sanchez intervened , leading to his injury and the booking of the Wimbledon physio . |
| 20 | A thing that I 've heard from a few directions recently is erm the thought of work shadowing . |
| 21 | The results can take from a few hours to over a week , depending on where you go to be tested . |
| 22 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |
| 23 | Some lending organisations charge a Mortgage arrangement fee , which can vary from a few pounds to around £50 . |
| 24 | This may vary from a few words exchanged over the garden fence , to visits which last all day . |
| 25 | The hostile groups outside Fascist meetings increased from a few protesters to thousands of demonstrators on certain widely reported occasions . |
| 26 | Victoria 's open face , freckled from a few weeks in the Mediterranean sun , was clouded with bewilderment . |
| 27 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 28 | Courses can last from a few weeks to several months depending on what you want to achieve . |
| 29 | After its recognition in 1936 and its description as a clinical entity in 1938 , the prognosis has improved from a few months of life to a median age of survival of over 20 years . |
| 30 | It is clearly a mistake to generalize from a few examples . |