Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few weeks [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 After a few weeks on an unsweetened diet , it is remarkable how disgusting anything sugary tastes .
2 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 ) .
3 These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case .
4 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 .
5 For a few weeks at a time , staff and Library visitors will be able to see a succession of paintings from this talented group .
6 They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels .
7 Here she continues : ‘ A Mr. Lewis , an historic painter from London , come for a few weeks on a jaunt of pleasure , played on the piano for us .
8 Or it was just some seventeenth-century Dutch hippie paid to sit still for a few weeks in a dark robe in a cold studio .
9 If the hon. Gentleman will think back to days gone by , he will remember that such questions have been perennial in the few weeks before a general election .
10 Of course , no day is typical and there are particular tensions which emerge in the few weeks before the Christmas break .
11 ‘ It is just 21 months since we received approval to go ahead with the project , and we are delighted that we have started up production within a few weeks of a date that many thought was unrealistic ! ’
12 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 .
13 Within a few weeks of the payout , Mr Curtis claimed , £1 million had vanished from their Inca Gemstones company , and been partly used for ‘ unlawful or improper purposes , ’ hidden from shareholders .
14 That Kellynch Hall must be let , ‘ a beloved home made over to others ’ , is deeply felt ; but , within a few weeks of the Crofts ' arrival as tenants , Anne ‘ could not but in conscience feel that they were gone who deserved not to stay , and that Kellynch-hall had passed into better hands than its owners . ’
15 Within a few weeks of the Ashleys moving in , she drove up , knocked on the door and welcomed them to the area .
16 Under constantly damp conditions pellets decay very rapidly ( see next section ) , within a few weeks in the case of tawny owl and eagle owl pellets , although rather longer in some species like the barn owl .
17 This process can take anything from a few weeks to a few months .
18 In the Sheriff Court the adjustment period can range from a few weeks to a few months , depending on the whim of the Sheriff .
19 Victoria 's open face , freckled from a few weeks in the Mediterranean sun , was clouded with bewilderment .
20 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 .
21 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 .
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