Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] few day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the debate of the first few days concerned the use of Latin in the liturgy , but the debate itself of course took place in Latin . |
| 2 | The top lifts at Cairngorm were opened on Friday 23 November with 300–400 earlybirds turning up on each of the first few days . |
| 3 | So an important decision has to be made in a hurry by people who are clearly affected by the events of the last few days . |
| 4 | Creeping underneath the ledge , she found that there was enough space for her to nestle safely while she slept off the exhaustion of the last few days . |
| 5 | All the emotional turmoil and excitement of the outbreak of war , all the long drawn out details of my training , the thrills of flying and the fear of death , all the bustle and anticipation of the last few days had ended in this , in my standing alone on a slushy path in the late afternoon with absolutely nothing whatever to do . |
| 6 | He had made good use of the last few days . |
| 7 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 8 | Tina was absolutely furious now , but the extraordinary events of the last few days had increased Jack 's confidence and he refused to be put off . |
| 9 | Environment Minister David Maclean told an audience at Tory Central Office : ‘ The rain of the last few days goes some way to replenishing the reservoirs . |
| 10 | As he regains consciousness , he gradually remembers the terrible events of the last few days . |
| 11 | He felt suddenly light , as though the burden of the last few days had suddenly lifted from his shoulders . |
| 12 | Li Yuan sat there a moment longer , thinking over the satisfactions of the last few days , recollecting the great feeling of ch'i , of pure energy , he had experienced in dealing with these matters . |
| 13 | A long gossip about the adventures of the last few days , with some exaggeration as the wine flows about the strength of the winds and the size of the waves . |
| 14 | The events of the last few days had made Charles forget about Jacqui 's flat being done over , but inside it the evidence was all too clear . |
| 15 | The strain of the last few days was beginning to tell , and he knew he had n't got much energy left . |
| 16 | ‘ I feel we should try to talk about the happenings of the last few days . |
| 17 | As they rode leisurely through the thyme-scented , bee-humming air , Rincewind pondered on the experiences of the last few days . |
| 18 | After their diet of the last few days , anything would taste like ambrosia . |
| 19 | The dramatic events of the last few days might have been more easily understood had the Georgians been playing Milan or Manchester United . |
| 20 | The events of the past few days have led several ministers to recognise the difficulty of restoring full authority to the Chancellor while the Prime Minister persists in her hostility to the EMS . |
| 21 | FINANCIAL markets displayed little enthusiasm for Nigel Lawson 's speech to the Tory party conference yesterday but were prepared to grant the pound a respite from the hammering of the past few days . |
| 22 | That had always been the constitutional position , he said , but the big demonstrations of the past few days had proved that he had a popular mandate too . |
| 23 | Marie had not taken in the events of the past few days . |
| 24 | But there are still many people shocked by the events of the past few days , who never expected the Army to be prepared to launch rocket and artillery attacks on civilian targets . |
| 25 | There was something subdued about the evening after that , as if the full significance of the events of the past few days was oppressing both of them . |
| 26 | Pie day had dawned bright and clear but tons of straw and cinders had to be hastily brought in as vehicles and people sank in the mud caused by the torrential rain of the past few days . |
| 27 | The drama of the past few days in Kabul has highlighted the two central problems of modern Afghanistan : one is the difficulty of finding a balance between the dominant Pathans and the array of other ethnic groups , Tajiks , Uzbeks , Hazaras and others who occupy the northern and western parts of the country ; the other is the tension between modernising élites in Kabul and the largely tribal rural population . |
| 28 | Duncan McCrea was still in residence , as if overlooked in the mayhem of the past few days . |
| 29 | The anxieties and misgivings of the past few days disappeared as though they had never been , as Johnny kissed her and touched her and told her of his need for her ; of his despair when she had not come to him . |
| 30 | Events of the past few days have pointed yet again to the pressing need to abolish the television licence fee and leave the BBC to fend for itself financially . |