Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wages did not rise in proportion , and by the Spring of 1795 there was the extensive distress and threat of mass starvation which led , in May , to the infamous meeting of the magistrates at Speenhamland in Berkshire , an event which would have such an impact on poor-law provision for the next few decades . |
| 2 | We expect BP Exploration 's production to remain broadly at 1992 's level for the next few years and then to rise after 1995 . |
| 3 | State employees will trap and shoot up to 75 per cent of the wolves in a region southwest of Fairbanks and keep numbers to that level for the next few years . |
| 4 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
| 5 | ‘ Putting on this performance has brought everyone together and there has been a buzz around the building during the last few days . ’ |
| 6 | Most of the poems Wordsworth contributed to the Lyrical Ballads were completed in an astonishing burst of creativity during the next few weeks , and drew their inspiration largely from his immediate surroundings at Holford and Alfoxden . |
| 7 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |
| 8 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 9 | Can you imitate an academic ? — like not washing or changing your shirt for the next few days … ? ’ |
| 10 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 11 | This uneasy compromise was not a major difficulty during the first few years as the national economic problems of the early thirties , reductions in public expenditure and depressed employment conditions all led to severe restrictions on the development of adult education . |
| 12 | She had enough money for the next few days , and she was n't hungry yet . |
| 13 | She died in 1850 , having been allowed to leave the convent for the last few months of her life to be nursed by her sisters . |
| 14 | ‘ Will you pretend to be my girlfriend for the next few months ? ’ |
| 15 | A downstairs room , once his study , had been turned into a bedroom for the last few months , and his bed faced the french windows leading into the garden he loved so well . |
| 16 | Tordjman expects software products to grow faster this year than engineering and systems integration , but he would like to maintain the same division of revenue for the next few years . |
| 17 | So that means until we 've heard from , one of them , we ca n't sort of ascertain finally the , the , the programme for the next few weeks . |
| 18 | ‘ Look , Cand , are you going to tell me what the heck you 're talking about , or do I have to play riddle-me-ree for the next few hours ? ’ |
| 19 | Parents , on duty in turn , kept the egg warm and brooded the tiny chick for the first few days after hatching . |
| 20 | In fact , it was no longer a glagolitic institution , as Cyrillic had replaced glagolitic in most of Dalmatia south of Split by the fifteenth century , and Cyrillic was in its turn replaced by the Latin script during the next few centuries . |
| 21 | A public road threads a delightful passage through woodlands in the company of river and loch for the first few miles , ending at a car park from which further progress is possible only by walking — and further progress should certainly be made . |
| 22 | The house price collapse of the last few years has been a terrible dose of cold turkey for the home owning classes , but has it been a long enough agony to drive out the idea that there 's something inherently beneficial about rising house prices . |
| 23 | The sharp fall in turnover of the last few years means that many people who might otherwise have entered the housing market currently remain outside it . |
| 24 | In a careful review of the first few years after reorganisation , a group of academics from the London School of Economics assessed the performance of the new London local authorities ( Rhodes 1972 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ They wo n't give you any grief in the next few days , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I mean , I think , there is something there that needs pursuing , I 'm not accusing all judges of being , inherently , you know , nutty , or , whatever , but , the number of cases that have come to light in the last few years , whether it 's because the press have just decided to home in on them , |
| 27 | He is also planning to run in the Newcastle to South Shields half marathon within the next few months . |
| 28 | The remaining members will be balloted on strike action within the next few days . |
| 29 | The end result was an undignified collapse in the last few days ’ ( Marsh 1978 : 176 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Certainly , and since you mentioned the perfectly ludicrous notion of equal rights , what about these other bounders we have allowed into the club in the last few years ? |