Example sentences of "[adj] few [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually the snow was so deep that it filled in all the fields with only the top few inches of the wall sticking out . |
| 2 | A typical microcomputer system therefore consists of a microprocessor chip , one or more ROM chips , one or more RAM chips ( to hold variable data ) , and a further chip to decode the top few bits of the 16-bit address coming from the microprocessor , in order to direct it to the appropriate store chip . |
| 3 | Persistent surface weedkillers remain active in the top few centimetres of the soil , killing new weeds as they germinate , yet they do not harm most established roses , shrubs and trees , whose roots are well below the surface . |
| 4 | Judge Angus Stroyan QC said : ‘ This was no doubt an extremely unpleasant few seconds for the girl but really no more than a drunken antic . |
| 5 | To someone accustomed by the existing advanced accounting courses , with no involvement in the National Certificate , the proposals seemed somewhat revolutionary and the document generated a good deal of discussion over the following few weeks on the relative merits of the B1 and B2 models etc . |
| 6 | The feel of Master Harry 's mallet in his hand , the way the heel of it swung in his palm , filled him with a fever of ambition and impatience , and he could not wait the threatened few days for the assay . |
| 7 | The same two kinds of explanations could also apply to the layering of the outer few kilometres of the Apollo 17 site . |
| 8 | Advantages were the vacuum facility ( worth the extra few pounds above the price of the blower model ) , light weight and length of nozzle . |
| 9 | Padding behind them were the demolition squads , Corran Purdon 's men held for a tense few moments in the open when every second might draw more fire as they smashed the northern winding-hut door ( 'A' ) . |
| 10 | You 're sure to spend a good few hours at the time playing this fun sports sim — so do n't for get the suntan oil ! |
| 11 | We stood a good few minutes in the entrance hall , and a gentleman came through and smiled , and someone said it was Billy Graham , Mr Wogan 's other guest . |
| 12 | Spaniard Martin Vasquez , back with Real Madrid after an unhappy few months at the Velodrome , has left in the last year or so along with Chris Waddle , Trevor Steven , Dragan Stojkovic , Eric Cantona and £10 million Jean-Pierre Papin . |
| 13 | These present few problems with the requirement for a high vacuum ( though volatile solids may need to be cooled ) , and they give the highest possible density of sample , and therefore signal strength , but it must be remembered that the atomic environment includes neighboring molecules or ions . |
| 14 | If you choose where to sit or loiter carefully , however , avoiding the principal sea front by the casino , it is just possible to have an illusory few minutes of the old Biarritz . |
| 15 | But plenty of the money spent by the parties in those frantic few weeks of the election itself , particularly on newspaper advertisements , will be fresh funds — which has to be good news for the media and agencies . |
| 16 | However , the critical few moments at the start of the launch are not always fully understood , and often there is an element of luck in getting it right . |
| 17 | At the last he was in front , but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line . |
| 18 | Notice the vital few words with the people at the garage , the bank , the booking-office , the doctor 's surgery . |
| 19 | The screening takes place in the coming few months in the next stage of a three-year programme . |
| 20 | I shall cover our response to the needs of the voluntary sector , of Eastern Europe , of Africa and I shall say a particular few words about the needs of children , the subject which is of course at the very heart of your work . |
| 21 | The Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm is designed to give you those precious few minutes in the event of fire , by detecting smoke from fires in their earliest stages and sounding a loud warning signal . |
| 22 | She made precious few concessions to the old orthodoxies . |
| 23 | It 's been a difficult few weeks for the princess ; after a book on her life and marriage was published ; it 's at time like this problems with relationships or turning points , that many people consult Debbie . |
| 24 | The local authority that owned the premises was ‘ privatizing ’ it , i.e. making a quick profit while there were still a fair few years on the lease . |
| 25 | Indeed , by far the most surprising thing about the whole workwear-as-fashion issue is that , despite now being a fair few months down the workwear/style line , there are still the doubters , the sceptics , the fashion-aware bods who hiss ‘ hype ’ at the mere mention of moleskin . |
| 26 | Redmond , now with Oldham , is slowly recovering from the misery of his final few months at the club he joined as a boy . |
| 27 | It certainly seemed that a chapter of my life was closing , and I felt even more disgruntled when I found out that the other girls had all managed to get postings near their homes for their final few months in the Service . |
| 28 | But , even with all this sophisticated support , the final few years to the point of consumption continue to defy mechanisation . |
| 29 | Considering this an ideal opportunity to notch up a final few medals for the family collection ( now housed in a vault beneath Windsor Castle ) , it was Cousin Vic 's plan to round up all the Nazi war criminals and march them off to prison . |
| 30 | On radio , in final few days of the campaign to elect America 's 42nd President , they still found time to talk to Stephen Kaplin , a vampire and head of the oldest vampire institute in the world . |