Example sentences of "[art] [adj] weeks [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Twenty editions were published in the six weeks following the King 's death , and several more even after the book was banned by the Government .
2 But over the succeeding weeks only a handful came out the rest chose to stay .
3 If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day .
4 In the two weeks following the election there were intensive discussions between the VP , the VNUP , and the MPP concerning the possibility of forming a coalition government .
5 A few weeks later the boy complained of a further assault ; the tailor was again convicted and once more fined £5 , but on this occasion the clerk to the Board applied successfully to the magistrates for the boy to be discharged from his indentures .
6 He received an immediate apology , but a few weeks later the picture turned up again — this time accompanying a feature on prostitution in Paris .
7 It 's very much concerned with the training and Ministry of Elders and a few weeks ago a part of our programme we held a very successful and lively meeting on the subject of church membership .
8 A few weeks ago a friend took me back to Dieniolen , near Bangor .
9 He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened .
10 And just a few weeks ago the man he found , Deputy Prime Minister Leszek Balcerowicz electrified the finance ministers of the developed world with a seven-page plan to ‘ transform the Polish economy into a market economy ’ .
11 A few weeks ago the Secretary of State , Sir Keith Joseph , announced that he would like schools and the educational world generally , to explore whether they could define specific objectives for particular subjects .
12 A few weeks ago the boundary hedge was fired .
13 A few weeks ago the Wrekin Council in Shropshire banned the use of metal detectors from its 5,000 hectares of land .
14 Well a few weeks ago the city fathers installed dose nasty little tings at a cost , believe it or not , sir , of some turty tree tousand pounds , and the day atterwards dey declared the whole area a no waiting zone . ’
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