Example sentences of "[vb pp] in a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As explained earlier , it is therefore important to avoid the use of independent overflow areas except as a safety precaution ; the one exception to this is when updates are grouped in a few areas . |
| 2 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
| 3 | It was strongly hinted that " a dividend is expected in a few weeks time " which is equivalent to " a discount on the purchase price . " |
| 4 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
| 5 | One senses a rush of creative warmth as this lonely rapt figure is conjured in a few sentences . |
| 6 | Like the books mentioned above , its specific content will be superseded in a few years ; but in meantime the book may be able to rescue some future Nobel laureates from becoming otherwise lost in cyberspace . |
| 7 | The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities , although cases were reported in a few localities . |
| 8 | Yes , and I have even added in a few pictures which have never been seen before . |
| 9 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
| 10 | It 's all done in a few seconds , which means it 's even harder for you to fend off the messages ; they go in subliminally , which means you are n't aware of them . |
| 11 | His prep crew had coptered in a few days ago , but it was psychologically important for the movement that the first arrivals turn up in the old way , like the Mormon pioneers who had first built by the Salt Lake and made the desert bloom . |
| 12 | Once a spreadsheet model is established such questions can be answered in a few seconds . |
| 13 | Career family home — all had been ruined in a few seconds . |
| 14 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 15 | The curtains bowed in a few yards away , almost touching the window-sill , the movement like a wave . |
| 16 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
| 17 | With this one exception , he said in many pages what Lanfranc had said in a few sentences . |
| 18 | The dilemma of whether to improve ( or not ) an old building which may not be needed in a few years ' time can last for decades . |
| 19 | Fuelling stations incorporate ‘ fast fill ’ techniques , where fuelling can be accomplished in a few minutes . |
| 20 | More is accomplished in a few weeks through revival than is accomplished in years of ordinary labours . |
| 21 | For the Community as a whole , the Maastricht agreement and all its areas — including the social provisions , which the others will accept outside the treaty on the basis of a separate protocol to be agreed in a few months ' time — were the significant aspect . |
| 22 | The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages . |
| 23 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
| 24 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 25 | So , in an effort to once and for all give you the facts on why we 're Fun Factor Number 1 , we 've called in a few experts to run through the complete bizzo . |
| 26 | But there are some entertaining ideas there too , like a near-irreverent sequence about David Icke phoning heaven , or Margi 's contemplation of her TV success with The Good Sex Guide … she imagines millions of babies being born in a few month 's time all called Margi . |
| 27 | Because it rejects the straight line conception of time from the first hiccough to the last gasp , the novel is not built round a clear , sequential story , that might be summarised in a few paragraphs . |
| 28 | However , the complexity of his task is such that it can not readily be summarised in a few words . |
| 29 | Transverse effects have been examined in a few instances . |
| 30 | I be they 've never played Turrican or Creatures otherwise they 'd be gobsmacked , especially the console owners who pay about £40 for games that can often be completed in a few hours ! |