Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [art] few days " in BNC.

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1 When fermentation has finished the ‘ green beer ’ is run into conditioning tanks for a few days .
2 The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day .
3 Triple tests for ammonia , nitrite and nitrate have revealed startling fluctuations over a few days .
4 Sterilised crypts continue to empty of functional cells for a few days , then crypts disappear and bare ulcerated areas develop .
5 However , whereas years of training and practice were usually needed to master the many and complex skills of recombinant DNA technology , the complete beginner can start to perform polymerase chain reaction experiments and generate meaningful results within a few days at most — hence the explosion of activity .
6 They must be able to cope with aridity , high daily and seasonal temperature ranges , seasonal swings in photoperiod from long days to long nights , and a growing season ranging in length from three to four months on the polar fringes to a few days or even hours in higher latitudes .
7 She did not think it wise to add she had suffered so many traumatic incidents in a few days that this was a minor one , nor that her knees had turned to water and refused to hold her up any longer .
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