Example sentences of "few weeks [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More is accomplished in a few weeks through revival than is accomplished in years of ordinary labours . |
| 2 | In a letter sent out the last few weeks over the signature of Unix Labs president Roel Pieper , who also sits on the UniForum board , Unix Labs is promising ‘ no other industry event will attract such a prominent collection of information system executives , developers , end users , industry analysts and key members of trade media . ’ |
| 3 | In a letter sent out the last few weeks over the signature of USL president Roel Pieper , who also sits on the Uniforum board , USL is promising ‘ no other industry event will attract such a prominent collection of information system executives , developers , end users , industry analysts and key members of trade media . ’ |
| 4 | A number of concerned people have contacted me over the past few weeks over my absence from the pages of Shooting Gallery . |
| 5 | But she and Matthew had had so many cold steely little tussles these last few weeks over so many small things — like the panelling in the hall and cutting some trees down at the side of the house which she said darkened the drawing-room and which he had gone berserk about — that Sara did not feel she could be obstructive again . |
| 6 | This is especially important during the first few weeks of pregnancy when you might not even know you are pregnant . |
| 7 | After a few weeks of this , I can guarantee you 'll be feeling quite a different person , and unable to wait to get out for your Sainsbury 's session , or your Waitrose-lifting ! |
| 8 | Further , crack is not ‘ instantly ’ addictive ; it takes , usually , a few weeks of regular sessions to produce addictive tendencies . |
| 9 | Within a very few weeks of his father 's death , Lewis found himself obliged once more to take up the routines of an Oxford term : weekly tutorials , college meetings and lectures . |
| 10 | Within a few weeks of their meeting , England was at war . |
| 11 | A few weeks of this would set him up . |
| 12 | The Scottish Protestants had their own dramatic gesture to make within a few weeks of Mary Tudor 's death . |
| 13 | When the Liberation came , the French dealt with the open collaborators in a brutal few weeks of epuration — a purge in which some innocents suffered . |
| 14 | Last year , Britain hosted within a few weeks of each other the Moscow City Ballet , Moscow Classical Ballet , Moscow Ballet La Classique and the Russian State Ballet . |
| 15 | Within a few weeks of the outbreak of war , the Luftwaffe had a new name for the east coast of Scotland where the skies were patrolled by the young men of the City of Glasgow Squadron , and its leaders , Wing Commander Farquhar , Group Captain the Duke of Hamilton , and Squadron Leader Johnstone . |
| 16 | An infection in a baby in the first few weeks of life can cause mental handicap , especially if the baby is premature . |
| 17 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
| 18 | When we signed the Report , on 29 January 1970 , I was in my first few weeks of a sabbatical term at Merton College , Oxford , and in need of a short rest from the work and vocabulary of education . |
| 19 | This only occurs if the mother has developed a primary attack in the last few weeks of pregnancy . |
| 20 | Although the night-time itching has been put down to the nocturnal habits of the mite , it is interesting that for the first few weeks of infestation , when the mites are presumably just as active , there are often no symptoms at all . |
| 21 | There is no time limit on the patient 's capacity for physical recovery , although an experienced physiotherapist usually knows within the first few weeks of starting treatment how quick or slow a hemiplegic patient 's physical recovery is likely to be . |
| 22 | Never mind , the dates were going in and the last few weeks of the tour in the Eastern states were coming up . |
| 23 | After a few weeks of agitation in the press , Mr Pozderac resigned from his high government office , although still declaring his innocence . |
| 24 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 25 | The following quotations illustrate the widely differing views of this common problem : ‘ During the first few weeks of life the average baby sleeps a great deal but , when awake , cries lustily and often … . |
| 26 | I used Vichy 's Hip and Thigh Massage Cream and I could actually feel the nodules of fat cells disintegrating after a few weeks of applying the cream daily , and the improvement became more and more obvious as I continued . |
| 27 | Children may be given tetanus vaccination in the first few weeks of life and its importance is underlined by its inclusion in the primary recommended vaccination schedules which begins at two months . |
| 28 | After a few weeks of relative calm — the ‘ phoney war ’ — chauvinism was revived by the German invasion of Norway . |
| 29 | Two more , and it was plain that she was hungry , just as Patrick had been in the first few weeks of life . |
| 30 | The Walks were forbidden to the villagers and in the final few weeks of pregnancy , Tamar spent much of her time strolling there , in such complete seclusion that she felt cut off from civilisation . |