Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | In a few days time the nation will again pay lip service to the thousands killed in action during the Second World War , while preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic with a spectacular visit from a NATO fleet in May . |
2 | In a few years time the two German states could be virtually a single economic area . |
3 | In a few years time the fundholders may have very little room to manoeuvre but will still have to cope with the burden of administering their fund . |
4 | In the long run I think it will be a loss to the Government , for the very simple reason we have got to meet this competition and if we do n't in a few years time the housewife possibly will be paying a lot more money for the produce . |
5 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
6 | It required a further hatti şerif a year later which recognised Miloš as hereditary Prince of Serbia , established a commission to settle the boundaries , and regularised the payment of the annual Serbian tribute to the Sultan . |
7 | In a recent case involving a driver of a heavy goods vehicle an oral promise was made by one of the driver 's managers that the driver , a Mr Rump , would not be required to work anywhere in the UK , as mentioned in his contract of employment , but only in the south of England because of special family ties . |
8 | ‘ My most important ambition in life was to have a new sports car every year , things like this . ’ |
9 | On Sept. 25 three gendarmes were arrested after 10 detainees had suffocated in an airless police cell the previous week . |