Example sentences of "[noun pl] for the [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | To become an agent , these social secretaries simply have to reverse their roles with the agents who have been selling them acts for the previous few years . |
| 2 | The Relieving Officer for East Greenwich , however , favoured giving relief to widows for the first few weeks after their husband 's death , but after that he believed some of the children should be taken into the workhouse , because he considered that an able-bodied widow should work . |
| 3 | ‘ I have interesting plans for the next few centuries . |
| 4 | Perhaps he will be able to get the best out of Springbok centre Faffa Knoetze who has been battling with injury and actuarial exams for the last few seasons . |
| 5 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 6 | They 're only in the shops for the next few weeks , so do try one now . |
| 7 | I intend to keep the fry in a number of these nets for the first few weeks of their lives and feed them on newly hatched brine shrimp . |
| 8 | With plans to expand our cutter fleet in the offing Venturous took on a new role as training ship during the winter periods for the next few years . |
| 9 | He could not explain it , but his putting had gone to pieces for the past few months and he was missing shots which formerly he would have holed with ease . |
| 10 | She 'd lived without carpets for the first few weeks and it had been nearly a year before she 'd been able to ditch her old and undersized curtains . |
| 11 | Notice boards outside tourist offices often display weather forecasts for the next few days . |
| 12 | The pension in these schemes is generally based on 1/80th of your earnings for the last few years before retirement , plus a lump sum of 3/80ths of the same earnings . |
| 13 | And I 'll get my accountant to chase your vendor 's elusive accountant and get some figures for the last few months . |
| 14 | She 'll be busy with photographers and fittings for the next few days and I 'll join her after the show . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The hunting season may start now , but these people have been out mercilessly killing the young fox cubs for the last few months to train the hounds , ’ said trainee accountant Sarah Carruthers , 19 . |
| 16 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 17 | There are even techniques for mirroring the other person 's non-verbal behaviours for the first few minutes of meeting them , and then testing whether rapport has been established by changing your visual behaviours to see whether the other person will reciprocate by mirroring yours . |
| 18 | see like , see like some kind of spots for the past few |
| 19 | Managing director Michel Apchin confirmed takeover rumours , saying ‘ We have been in negotiations for the last few weeks with a group that is not French . |
| 20 | To enable the cleaning-up operation to be carried out , the hospital will not accept casualty out-patients for the next few days . |
| 21 | Using his Farman , which he had flown with such excellent results for the past few years , Jack instructed pupils with equally good results . |
| 22 | Most Bangladeshi mothers breastfed their babies for the first few weeks , switching to either combination or bottle feeding after this period . |
| 23 | Melanie , their new PR , has been watching proceedings for the last few minutes . |
| 24 | A-To-Z , carrying the colours of Brian Cooper , of In The Groove fame , landed a few decent bets for the fortunate few . |
| 25 | Cheeks , a gaudy girl who had been riding with the ‘ pomps for the last few months , was literally crushed flat into the road , dead eyes staring from a foot-wide face . |
| 26 | ‘ They 're currently assisting with an inquiry that 's been giving the police quite a few headaches for the last few months . ’ |
| 27 | Prince Charles argued that they should be brought up initially by Mabel Anderson , his childhood nanny , and then a governess employed to educate the boys for the first few years in the privacy of Kensington Palace . |
| 28 | Their hosts for the first few days , the Lord of the Isles , Sir Alexander Macdonald , and his wife Jane , a relative of Boswell 's , waited on the shore at Armadale , a small , dirty , sandy horseshoe of a bay , to greet them . |
| 29 | The wise student will at the outset of his course look at the examination papers for the past few years , and , whether compelled to or not , will write out the answers to some questions ( even though only in brief note form ) in order to gain practice in self-expression . |
| 30 | He 's therefore been stuck , living on er friends ' floors for the last few weeks , not being able to go back to his girlfriend and not being able to see his children , er and Madam that 's had an effect on his , on his business as well . |