Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it 's all hands to the deck for the close friends as they knuckle down to bring back the sparkle that has been missing down at Hamilton Park for the past few seasons . |
| 2 | The laser has been developed and built in Banbury … its been undergoing sea tests on the south coast for the past few months … |
| 3 | Self-employed John , 48 , from Dublin said : ‘ I 've been in the international scene for the past few years . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to feel the embrace of my fans , 100,000 of them , and I 'm waiting to face my rivals with confidence , ’ said the 25-year-old , who has been training in Sestriere for the past few weeks . |
| 5 | He has held the position on a part-time basis for the past few months . |
| 6 | Ed , — Thank you very much for sending the LINK magazine to my husband for the past few years . |
| 7 | A government supermarket in New Delhi has been selling 10 solar cookers every day for the past few months for about £20 each . |
| 8 | Christina had seen it every day for the past few months , but had to admit that tonight it looked especially magical . |
| 9 | EUROPE has been treated to high comedy for the past few weeks as governments , corporations and journalists have fallen all over each other in a made game of find-the barrels . |
| 10 | " We have had a lucky spell for the past few years , " explains Barbara . |
| 11 | This is no mean task , especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months . |
| 12 | Some people may suggest that the absence of Ireland 's top three drivers might actually be a good thing for Cork , making it a much more competitive event , but it will do little to improve the profile of a rally that has been losing ground for the past few years . |
| 13 | A few names have been bandied about the circuit , but I 'll predict that Ballymena 's Russell Morrow , the assistant manager for the past few years , will get the vote . |
| 14 | Author Bernard Kops had already made his name in theatre with The Hamlet of Stepney Green , another work of social concern , and later declared that theatre would never again be a ‘ precious inner sanctum for the precious few ’ . |
| 15 | Barely managing to hold her breath for the extra few seconds , she hauled herself to the other side of the object first , before surfacing . |
| 16 | All the anger , frustration and hurt finally exploded into action in violent contrast to the lethargy that had been her constant companion for the past few months . |
| 17 | What had happened to the icy indifference with which she had surveyed the world for the past few years ? |
| 18 | Mrs Phelps , who had been watching her with fascination for the past few weeks , now got up from her desk and went over to her . |
| 19 | He was a big , bald man who had toed the papist line for the past few years under Mary , and was now willing to return to Anglicanism should that be the wish of his Bishop . |
| 20 | And a cobweb across an entrance hole tells you that nobody has passed that way for the past few hours , but little more . |
| 21 | Goldman Sachs says its private-placement business in Europe has doubled every year for the past few years . |
| 22 | It seemed that not only the president , but the whole country , might have been in some delightful lotus-sleep for the past few years . |
| 23 | He has been studying German football , and Cologne in particular on satellite TV for the past few weeks . |
| 24 | Ironically , Mr Yeltsin 's studious absence from public view for the past few days forced the two parties to seek a solution and not wait for him to intervene . |
| 25 | I still find it difficult to talk about , though it 's been an open secret in the family for the past few years . ’ |