Example sentences of "[det] [adj] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I have n't done and I ought to because of the erm the way that this discussion has to unfold , I ought to say that pure few sentences about why should there be a strategic sites policy at all and erm I ought to put that on the record although it 's pretty well trailed in all the paper work . |
| 2 | These present few problems with the requirement for a high vacuum ( though volatile solids may need to be cooled ) , and they give the highest possible density of sample , and therefore signal strength , but it must be remembered that the atomic environment includes neighboring molecules or ions . |
| 3 | Since we 've been thinking these past few weeks about what Christians believe , the first text would be in the er skeleton outline that we 've been taking in the Apostles ' creed , which says I believe in the Holy Ghost . |
| 4 | No longer would youth and its culture have such a power to affect society as it had had for those brief few years from 1963 to 1967 : although the sharp end of youth culture was confusing purchasing power with political power and demanding change , many of its constituents were caught by the freeze that , introduced the previous year , signified the end of the ten-year boom that had thrust youth into prominence . |
| 5 | But plenty of the money spent by the parties in those frantic few weeks of the election itself , particularly on newspaper advertisements , will be fresh funds — which has to be good news for the media and agencies . |
| 6 | But if , in spite of your precautions , a fire breaks out , a smoke alarm can give those precious few minutes of warning which increase the chances of you and your family getting out safely . |
| 7 | The Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm is designed to give you those precious few minutes in the event of fire , by detecting smoke from fires in their earliest stages and sounding a loud warning signal . |