Example sentences of "a [det] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 2 | Only northeast Scotland , parts of the southern Uplands and a few areas in the southwest receive less than 10kg/S/ha a year , and in the 1970s deposition was higher . |
| 3 | A few areas in the world are phylloxera-free and the vines there are sometimes ungrafted . |
| 4 | This morning , most areas had a bright start — apart from a few showers in the east . |
| 5 | The rain will gradually die down from the west , to leave only a few showers in the south-east by the end of the day . |
| 6 | ‘ I have a few concerts in the Midlands , and I thought I 'd make my base somewhere close by until they 're over . |
| 7 | Er it seems to me that erm there are probably quite a few policies in the structure plan that could be omitted if we just took the all the P P Gs as read . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're in a bizarre situation , are n't we , with me having access to some of the files and a few contacts in the Service and you doing the interrogations ? ’ |
| 9 | He had a few contacts in the Metropolitan force . |
| 10 | On Day One , the simple exercise of shooting a few scenes in the garden was partly to familiarise you with the idea of editing in camera . |
| 11 | particles are stopped by a sheet of aluminium and a have a range of a few metres in the air . |
| 12 | Pat anticipates receiving quite a few requests in the near future . |
| 13 | Pat anticipates receiving quite a few requests in the near future . |
| 14 | Quickly I seized needle and thread and began to insert a few sutures in the vulva . |
| 15 | But I 've noticed a few faces in the crowd and it wo n't be long . |
| 16 | Heresy in the shape of Lollardy in the fifteenth century had only a few adherents in the county , but they were rather spectacular . |
| 17 | There is a further division when one includes Northern Ireland , where the community is divided along mutually exclusive lines ( see Chapter 9 ) : a few families in the province still speak the Irish form of Gaelic . |
| 18 | There were the usual minor excitements : a murder in the churchyard , a few muggings in the back-streets and alleys , and the election of a new Mayor with all the bribery and corruption which accompanied such an event . |
| 19 | The situation was quiet , with just a few soldiers in the street , for the next few days . |
| 20 | Most ‘ educationists ’ subscribed to the same principle , although a few teachers in the National Association of Labour Teachers and the TUC had begun to look beyond ‘ equality of opportunity ’ to equality of provision . |
| 21 | He bought the painting for a few pounds in the nineteen fifties . |
| 22 | There are a few surprises in the music itself , no neglected giants waiting to be discovered ( not , at least , on the strength of the music recorded here ) . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's going to be a lot of fun and there will be a few surprises in the interval , ’ he says . |
| 24 | ‘ We posed them quite a few threats in the first half , ’ said Graham Taylor , while conceding the second belonged to Liverpool . |
| 25 | Snow settled for a few hours in the Dundee area , causing traffic problems . |
| 26 | The only monoplane I had flown was a few hours in the 3 A.A.C.U. Magister . |
| 27 | You can work full-time , part-time or for a few hours in the evenings . |
| 28 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |
| 29 | Most of the houses in the village were quite large , with shutters which were only opened for a few hours in the mornings ; if there was a breeze long lace curtains could be seen gently moving . |
| 30 | Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office . |