Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankly , the only people I can think of who need to go as low as 850 calories a day in order to achieve a pacey weight loss on the F-Plan are small , rather sedentary women , only a few pounds overweight , and those struggling off the last few pounds of excess weight after a prolonged dieting campaign . |
| 2 | During January , six planets are visiting your sign , so to say that life 's likely to be busy , fun and demanding for the next few months is an understatement . |
| 3 | She must be losing her marbles , because she 'd absolutely no recollection of what had been happening during the past few minutes … ! |
| 4 | The most feverish area of research in snowboarding for the past few years has been the quest for an improved binding system — in particular a releasable binding that works . |
| 5 | She should have been sharing breakfast with Kelly right now , laughing and chatting , catching up on all that had been happening over the past few months . |
| 6 | Blenching at the last few miles , shivering as sweat and dew ran down their backs , they turned into Donald Gillies 's yard at Camserney sawmill . |
| 7 | He could n't go back now , not after all the planning and scheming of the last few months . |
| 8 | I was looking down at my plate , licking my finger and picking off the last few crumbs , transferring them to my mouth . |
| 9 | Avoid rigorous vacuuming and shampooing during the first few weeks after your new carpet has been fitted . |
| 10 | But the second games started , Merton would move , striding like a supermarket trolley attendant into the ring and ignoring all the ‘ rules ’ of improvisational comedy that the other clever-clever types had been carefully developing for the previous few years . |
| 11 | With the crews overlapping until the last few minutes of the 4¼-mile race , it had been a gruelling test for all . |
| 12 | ‘ I will be issuing directions to judges on sentencing in the next few days . |
| 13 | People who give up cigarettes very commonly report explicit ( and guilty ) dreams about smoking in the first few weeks , even though there is every reason to believe that sleep actually becomes less disturbed on withdrawal from nicotine . |
| 14 | ‘ We will be looking over the next few months to see what longer term solution can be devised . ’ |
| 15 | DAVID ANDERSON , chairman of Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's biggest life insurer , and Einion Holland , chairman of Pearl Group , the British life insurance company , are meeting over the next few days amid speculation that the Australian group is poised to mount a takeover bid for Pearl worth at least £1bn . |
| 16 | While the trend toward increasing the integration has only just begun , we are still awaiting Frame Technology 's launch of FrameMaker onto the Macintosh and , possibly , OS/2 Presentation Manager , it is in this direction that desktop publishing is undoubtedly heading during the next few years . |
| 17 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 18 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 19 | What the hell do you think I 've been talkin' about the last few minutes ? |
| 20 | The Group will continue to provide support for Central America Week in March , and will be investigating in the first few years of the five year period the possibility of raising the profile of the Andean countries . |
| 21 | Cardinal Basil Hume and Bishop Patrick Kelly have both called for a ban on nuclear weapons testing in the past few days . |
| 22 | CARDINAL Basil Hume and Bishop Patrick Kelly have both called for a ban on nuclear weapons testing in the past few days . |
| 23 | Because of the increasing use of complex machinery and sophisticated farming methods , many of those engaged in agriculture require managerial and supervisory skills and it is to this area of provision that the agricultural colleges should be turning in the next few years . |
| 24 | Course measuring , which has been one of the most important areas of work in road racing over the past few years , has certainly not suffered for want of funding . ’ |
| 25 | The buzzard population in the province has been growing over the last few years and is believed to currently stand at 650 . |
| 26 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 27 | In times of exchange rate volatility , such as we have been experiencing for the past few years , most overseas buyers will want to be invoiced in their own currency and avoid any exchange risk . |
| 28 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 29 | Cornwall has kept the Championship flag flying for the last few years and has continued to emphasise my own view that such a competition could have an important place . |
| 30 | Although he never weighed more than 175 pounds , he had the build of a heavyweight from the waist up , and he fought the world 's leading heavyweights , with few of his fights lasting beyond the first few rounds . |