Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a few week " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weather had changed ; summer in its glorious profusion of colours had transformed the land that Corbett had travelled through a few weeks before . |
| 2 | A Planning Application has been submitted to South Shropshire District Council and their decision is expected within a few weeks . |
| 3 | And the results are expected within a few weeks . |
| 4 | It was strongly hinted that " a dividend is expected in a few weeks time " which is equivalent to " a discount on the purchase price . " |
| 5 | Why are government bonds which still have eleven months to run regarded as liquid , whereas overdrafts granted for a few weeks are not ? |
| 6 | I did n't want anyone to feel that this diet was a ‘ prison sentence ’ to be endured for a few weeks or months before old habits could be reintroduced . |
| 7 | Some of these programs belong to the Shareware scheme which means that they can be used and evaluated for a few weeks , and you pay the registration fee only if you continue to use them . |
| 8 | The last two — works of completely contrasting character — were written within a few weeks of each other . |
| 9 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
| 10 | Most importantly , what did Alexander learn at that Council meeting which changed his attitude , sending him on a journey in very dangerous conditions to court a queen he could scarcely be bothered with a few weeks before ? |
| 11 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 12 | More is accomplished in a few weeks through revival than is accomplished in years of ordinary labours . |
| 13 | Replacements will be needed within a few weeks . ’ |
| 14 | The application may be submitted at any time ( as long as the candidate is still registered with the Institute ) and the examination is normally arranged within a few weeks . |
| 15 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 16 | The date of an election is now known until a few weeks before the event , when the prime minister recommends a dissolution of Parliament to the Queen . |
| 17 | Executives at Alexandra Towing are now waiting to hear further details of the move , which could be finalised within a few weeks . |
| 18 | If no improvement is observed within a few weeks , the therapist must insist on admission since further continuation of ineffective treatment is counterproductive . |
| 19 | Also in the US , two unnamed systems integrators have agreed to take the notebook on-board — they 'll also be announced in a few weeks ' time . |
| 20 | However , the work has been put off a few weeks , so there 'll be plenty of room . |
| 21 | If she needs nursing care , arrangements can sometimes be made for her to be admitted for a few weeks to the local hospital on medical recommendation . |
| 22 | Q I recently became the owner of a pond which I planted and then left for a few weeks before I put the fish in . |
| 23 | What they had achieved with a few weeks of supplementary feeding was remarkable . |
| 24 | Reductions of between 80 and 93% were achieved within a few weeks . |
| 25 | Gas gangrene , for which an effective cure was not discovered till a few weeks before the Armistice , claimed an ever-increasing toll ; during the April fighting on the Right Bank , one French regiment had thirty-two officers wounded of whom no fewer than nineteen died subsequently , mostly from gas gangrene . |
| 26 | The regiment 's first official title after the 1881 merger was The Halifax Regiment ( Duke of Wellington 's ) but this was changed after a few weeks to The Duke of Wellington 's ( West Riding Regiment ) and again in 1920 to The Duke of Wellington 's Regiment ( West Riding ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps you will , ’ he said , ‘ but I 'm going to be married in a few weeks ' time . |
| 28 | She said wearily , ‘ Rohan — you told me yourself you were going to be married in a few weeks . ’ |
| 29 | One evening at Pack Meeting Beegee , which was the name the Pack had made up for their Guider out of the initial letters B and G of Brownie Guider , told the Brownies that the County Girl Guides ' Fete was to be held in a few weeks ' time in Morley Park and that the 3rd Shortfields Pack must think what to do to help make the fete a huge success . |
| 30 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |