Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Signal averaging is a technique used to decrease random noise in the amplified ECG in order to enhance the detection of signals only a few microvolts in amplitude . |
| 2 | This is due to start with bonds by mid-1992 and with the most widely traded equities perhaps a few months later . |
| 3 | Curl your toes back and with tummy pulled in , raise both arms towards your toes , lifting your head and shoulders only a few inches off the floor . |
| 4 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |
| 5 | Hannah Hauxwell 's somewhat late introduction to the benefits of modern civilization , such as water that arrived at the turn of a tap , central heating , shops just a few yards away , even a telephone ( the number is ex-directory or it would never stop ) , clearly created a revolution in her life Her financial situation also improved dramatically with a tidy amount left from the sale of Low Birk Hatt to invest , and substantial sums from the royalties of her best-selling book . |
| 6 | Curl the toes back and raise both arms towards the toes , lifting the head and shoulders just a few inches off the floor . |
| 7 | A lot of the women whose benefit was cut off were back on our books again a few weeks later — which suggested either that their relationships had not really been like that of husband and wife , or that our intrusion had broken up what might have become a more lasting union . |
| 8 | From the Garrimpos Just a few miles down stream , the silvery waters of the Cristolino flow into the Tellisperos river , and vanish , stained by it 's burden of silt . |
| 9 | And , Germany suffered a massive blow to its pride when the Hindenburg crashed in a ball of flames just a few miles from Nicholson 's home town , Neptune , New Jersey soon after he was born . |
| 10 | It was once a dairy farm but with the introduction of milk quotas only a few cows are kept now to provide milk , cheese , cream and yogurt . |
| 11 | The former vice-president of Liber and managing director of Almqvist & Wiksell Förlag , Maria Curman , left her posts suddenly a few months ago . |
| 12 | Visitors to the resorts on the Dalmatian coast do not always realise the poverty and backwardness which lie over the mountains only a few kilometres away from the bright lights of Split , Zadar and Šibenik . |
| 13 | DURING the furore of the next three weeks of General Election campaigning , for Christians perhaps a few reflections about the institution which is the House of Commons — and especially about the men and women who are sent there — would not come amiss . |
| 14 | Some five years ago a few growers in the Nîmes district of Southern France made an attempt to raid the English market by cultivating Moneymaker , a favourite high-yield English commercial tomato . |
| 15 | The joys — and the financial rewards — of the instant game had not reached the West Indies when Denness led his troops there a few months later and , as the two sides were drawn in separate groups in the 1975 World Cup , it was 1976 before they met again . |
| 16 | The car was stolen in North Oxford on Christmas Eve , but recovered just two hours later a few miles away , and then taken to a garage in Cowley . |
| 17 | Part of the explanation is that artificial selection changes only a few characteristics at a time , whereas in nature many changes occur simultaneously . |
| 18 | Single-mode fibres also operate at 1.3 micrometres , but they have cores only a few micrometers across . |
| 19 | Despite having visited the country and despite a long interest in the area , even I was not fully aware of the complexities and the depth of feeling in the various component parts of Yugoslavia until I read the quite remarkable book that Chris Cviic wrote for the Royal Institute of International Affairs only a few months ago . |
| 20 | Above Angela found the 17th-century four-poster bed while on a foray in the Welsh borders 18 years ago , and came upon the crewel-work hangings only a few weeks later in Hastings . |
| 21 | Set among the pine trees just a few yards from the white sandy beach , the hotel has immediate access to all facilities in the Forte Hotel Village , at no extra charge , in addition to its own select amenities . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't believe you know Maximilian Keller , ’ the big man said , making introduction gestures awkwardly a few inches above the surface of the sea , ‘ and Jo-Ann Sills . |
| 23 | Well Elsie he has been seen out on Kilmont Farm dismounting without orders quite a few times . |
| 24 | But it 's not easy I mean you know I was reading an article ages ago a few months ago actually and saying you know if you think about it the sort of revolution was over a year ago and still the government has n't done anything about it and I mean like a lot of provisions that have been brought into Romania sort of go in the front door and out of the back door and you know they sort of sent those of supplies like contraceptions and things like that for the women and overlap |
| 25 | Not only can marked variation in embryonic development be observed even within litters but , during such a dynamic phase of morphogenetic change , embryos only a few hours apart in age may be significantly different in their developmental state . |
| 26 | DR Gregor Gysi , East Germany 's new Communist party ( SED ) chairman , was shunned as a dangerous idealist reformer by the country 's discredited leaders only a few weeks ago . |
| 27 | Skipper Mike Harris managed to locate feeding fish on the shallow reefs just a few miles from shore where John Smith , Bryce Smith and Jamie Smith from Meols , and Liverpool tackle dealer Alan Sharpe , included 50 tasty black bream in their haul . |
| 28 | This is the countryside that villagers in three hamlets just a few miles from Milton Keynes fear will be eaten up by concrete . |
| 29 | It took the combined brain power of the teachers quite a few weeks to arrive at this simple routine for getting into Friday assembly . |
| 30 | The car in front moves forward a few yards , but when Robyn inches forward in turn the young man lays a restraining hand on the Renault 's wing . |