Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [num ord] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sabrina opened the top file and leafed through the first few invoices . |
| 2 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 3 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 4 | But the shock left me nervous and depressed for the next few days . |
| 5 | It was a matter of time , most steps had been taken , ‘ We are leaving St-Jean to avoid talk ; we shall have to be reasonably discreet for the next few months or so . ’ |
| 6 | Tony said he had felt happier after discharge from hospital and that his father had been less critical and more supportive during the last few days . |
| 7 | How he will now speak of the methods used last weekend by the security services could become clear in the next few days . |
| 8 | are easing now and er should be clear in the next few minutes , due to the accident having been cleared from the carriageway . |
| 9 | It had been made clear in the last few days , he said , with low-paid workers in North Ayrshire having their wages cut to join a trust while senior managers at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh awarded themselves BMW cars . |
| 10 | It had become increasingly claustrophobic in the last few weeks . |
| 11 | Staff turnover has been high in the last few years as school closure has loomed closer . |
| 12 | Three other people had also said they were interested in the last few days . |
| 13 | The ventral arm plates are axe shaped ; thin proximally but flaring out with a wide convex distal edge and only contiguous on the first few arm segments . |
| 14 | It had become increasingly clear over the last few days that the anger of East Germans is focused on the Communist Party and that it can only be a question of time before the party has to relinquish its leading role and allow political competition . |
| 15 | Scotland must take their chances in London against a side that has been the most consistent for the last few years if they are to come away with the spoils of victory . |
| 16 | Longevity seems set for the next few years , at least , to have , at best , a sharply reduced economic value . |
| 17 | She must take it easy for the next few days . |
| 18 | Fees for the session 1992/93 will be approximately £195 for the day classes and £171 for evening classes payable during the first few weeks of the course . |
| 19 | Fees for the session 1992/93 will be approximately £98 — payable during the first few weeks of the course . |
| 20 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
| 21 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 22 | ‘ Our sales figures have been fairly consistent over the last few months . |
| 23 | Moulvi ali Zoha , a Rohingya Muslim who arrived in Bangladesh on Monday , told United News , a Bangladeshi news agency , that the soldiers were angered by the Muslims ' breaking open the doors of the mosque , which had been kept locked for the last few months since the Burmese authorities clamped down on the Rohingyas . |
| 24 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
| 25 | The committee was told a Kincardine Bridge replacement was likely within the next few years , but was a separate issue and all transport organisations plus the Scottish Office agreed a new crossing of the Forth near the existing bridge was essential . |
| 26 | As the Western and Eastern alliances fade — as now looks increasingly likely over the next few years — the European Community will become the dominant focus for European foreign policy and security . |
| 27 | Some modest amendments to these modules are likely over the next few months , as a result of full consultation with centres . |
| 28 | With the growth that seems likely over the next few years one can not help asking what the future holds . |
| 29 | Ozone depletion is likely to become more rapid over the next few years , according to researchers from the University of Arizona 's lunar and planetary laboratory , because of links between ozone concentrations and the sun 's activity . |
| 30 | We had to make a forced landing at Jever Luftwaffe Air Base just a few seconds in front of two Tornados on finals , making the runway a little slippy with the last few drops of oil leaking out of our crankcase . |