Example sentences of "[art] [det] weeks [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He received an immediate apology , but a few weeks later the picture turned up again — this time accompanying a feature on prostitution in Paris . |
| 3 | A few weeks later the appointments committee asked him back for another interview ; only one other candidate remained on the shortlist . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A few weeks ago the boundary hedge was fired . |
| 7 | A few weeks ago the Wrekin Council in Shropshire banned the use of metal detectors from its 5,000 hectares of land . |
| 8 | A few weeks ago the Colchester site of the institute raised £2,000 for the Terence Higgins Trust , which helps AIDS victims . |
| 9 | Only a few weeks ago the Swanage Railway was in some difficulty providing steam locomotives with sufficient power . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ( The Soviet stance vis-à-vis Iraq had hardened noticeably during November with disillusionment over the expectation that 1,000 Soviet nationals would be allowed out within a few weeks following the Oct. 28-9 visit of Yevgeny Primakov [ see p. 37758 ] . |