Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] or " in BNC.

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1 If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks .
2 After a few days or weeks , the sulphur particles are precipitated as rain or snow .
3 The ball is kicked or thrown to the highlighted player either after a few seconds or when the fire button is pressed with the joystick i neutral .
4 Although change in weight is very noticeable after a few months or a year , it simply is not detectable by just looking at physical shape on a daily basis .
5 He is one of the few engineers or designers still at Browns Lane to have worked with Sir William Lyons , the company 's founder and whose principles still provide much of its inspiration .
6 The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring .
7 These eruptions give rise to rocks known as ignimbrites , and they are so powerful that tens of cubic kilometres of ignimbrite can be erupted in nuee ardente-like incandescent clouds in the space of a few hours or days .
8 Thus microclimate effects can have major short-term implications for local populations ( such as those brought about by the photochemical smogs of Los Angeles ) , are often applicable only over areas of a few hectares or less and may operate on a diurnal cycle .
9 As the requirements of our living spaces alter , and more efficient central heating and draught-proofing keep our homes warm throughout , it 's tempting to get rid of a few doors or even eyeless to give our homes a more spacious feel .
10 There was also the occasional case of petty theft , street fighting or traffic offences which often ended up with a plea of Guilty and a fine of a few dollars or a short period in goal .
11 In sophisticated market planning , a certain type of work can be selected at so early a stage , on the basis of a few examples or of some calculated or projected demand , that production , from that stage , no longer originates with the primary producer but is commissioned from him .
12 It 's just a case of it 's just a case of a few individuals or people with rank who think they 've go so much power they 're gon na press people
13 They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping .
14 Leave to dry for a few hours or overnight .
15 But in their Spitalfields Tartan Collection , the Stewarts have done the work for you ; silks , cottons , wools all match up so that it is possible to choose as much or as little tartan as you like , whether it 's for a few cushions or for some big and bold project .
16 a combine , which only works for a few days or weeks in the year is far too costly for a smallholder , who must either rely on a contractor or work with simpler equipment .
17 Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long .
18 So , too , are the increasing number of so-called closing down sales which often take place for a few days or weeks at the end of a shop lease .
19 Afterwards I have a rest for a few days or go swimming ’
20 Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer .
21 You may think you have to cut back on the necessities of life for a few days or cancel a treat you had promised yourself and the family .
22 More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course .
23 If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight .
24 In some homes it is possible to stay for a few days or a week at a time either occasionally or on a regular basis .
25 ‘ Just for a few days or so … something to ease the pain ? ’
26 Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks .
27 Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay .
28 Immerse the section , slab or plaquette in the reagent contained in a suitable dish or tray for a few seconds or until the yellow precipitate forms .
29 I did n't want anyone to feel that this diet was a ‘ prison sentence ’ to be endured for a few weeks or months before old habits could be reintroduced .
30 Sniffed for a few weeks or months .
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