Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks ! |