Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can we allow the commercial hunting of whales when they could be starved of food because of ozone depletion in a few years ' time ? " |
| 2 | He admitted the murder in the few words he spoke to the people . |
| 3 | And that 's Nick Harris talking to Ken Vasey up at the Manor ground and we hope to return to the Manor in a few moments time and see who else Nick has got to talk to us . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll bring you some tea in a few minutes , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Soak break in a few tablespoons of water with the vinegar and garlic for 10 minutes . |
| 6 | ‘ The pictures are standard practice in a few health surveys , ’ said Miss Snowdon . |
| 7 | I will give her a ring in a few minutes , but suspect I suspect that you and daddy have to have a bath together . |
| 8 | forbidding the use of capillary fittings containing lead-based solder on pipes supplying drinking water ( see Chapter 2 ) n changing the size of flushing cisterns used with WCs ( to come into effect in a few years ' time — see Chapter 8 ) |
| 9 | I 'll find it a billet in a few days . ’ |
| 10 | But I 'll touch on the reason why they do n't need those condition in a few minutes . |
| 11 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |
| 12 | Summarize the consumption figures for coal and petroleum in a few sentences . |
| 13 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 14 | The sergeant 's parting shot was , ‘ I suppose you 'll be in the desert in a few weeks ’ time disguised as a Bedouin . ’ |
| 15 | The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time . |
| 16 | I vote that this a good point other activities for the County Council in a few years that you that you will find er people anxious to support , thank you gentlemen |
| 17 | HANS Wagenknecht , 24 , is a physics student from Germany who will be looking for work in a few years . |
| 18 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 19 | ‘ If you had to sum up our philosophy in a few words , it would be : ‘ Do as you would be done by ’ , ’ says Margaret . |
| 20 | You can see in a Trivial Pursuit question in a few years time what 's the most commonly said three words ? |
| 21 | Thirdly , it is of fundamental importance in a few cases to consider whether the covenant is too vague to be enforced or void for uncertainty . |
| 22 | This finding may have clinical importance in the few patients who have pronounced hypergastrinaemia because of profound long acting acid inhibition . |
| 23 | This finding may be of clinical importance in the few patients who have severe hypergastrinaemia as a result of long acting profound acid inhibition . |
| 24 | I myself would I am sure hereafter regret not visiting this part of V. D. L. , and under all circumstances I have agreed with Lady Franklin to wait one week longer after which to return if the wind should not come round to the eastward or northeast , either of these winds would take us to the desired place in a few hours . |
| 25 | Learning by imitation can take place in a few minutes , whereas the reproduction of a whole new adult animal can take many years . |
| 26 | ‘ The presentation of the prizes will take place in a few minutes … ’ |
| 27 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 28 | DEC also subcontracted the London-based software house Transvik Ltd which had previously developed the software for the Nordex exchange in the City of London ; it was its foundation on the pound sterling that caused the failure of the bond transaction , but contrary to local press reports , the system did not crash and an update to overcome the problem should be in place in a few weeks time . |
| 29 | ‘ I think you can dispense with the formalities , Letty , curtsying would look out of place in a few rooms in a lodging house , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 30 | Such a strategy recognizes both the negative attitudes of local planners to industrial development in the open countryside and also the advantages of concentrating investment in infrastructure in the few locations that have reasonably large labour markets . |