Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
| 32 | Though it may be possible to get professional or voluntary back-up for a few hours a day or a few days a week , an old or very sick and disabled person needs constant nursing and supervision round the clock . |
| 33 | Smith himself insisted that his other commitments did not interfere with his mathematics , as that demanded a concentration too great to be maintained for more than a few hours a day . |
| 34 | AFTER THE MONTHS of location shooting in Cornwall , and the completion of the interiors of Straw Dogs at Twickenham Studios in London in March 1971 , Dustin returned to his New York home , determined to spend as much time as possible with his family , only going down to his production office , SweetWall Productions , on West 56th Street , for a few hours a day . |
| 35 | I daresay if we get someone sensible to look after them a few hours a day , they wo n't suffer too much . |
| 36 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 37 | Perhaps it will be both rather more demanding and more flexible than some , asking for a few hours a year but with more emphasis on personal planning . |
| 38 | To help engender trust and familiarity , the field-worker 's contact in the station was restricted at the beginning to a few hours a shift once a week , gradually being built up to a full shift , including mights , twice a week . |
| 39 | The Prince 's Youth Business Trust , which gives grants and loans to disadvantaged young people hoping to start their own businesses , is looking for volunteer business advisers prepared to give up a few hours a month to help the youngsters get their projects off the ground . |
| 40 | Could you spare a few hours a month to be a secretary or chairman of a group , a Panda keeper , or trading officer ? |
| 41 | If you 'll teach me I 'll come and work for you a few hours a week . ’ |
| 42 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
| 43 | Can anyone recommend somebody who would like a few hours a week domestic cleaning ( and maybe occasional catering work ? ) |
| 44 | With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week . |
| 45 | Even if you only work for a few hours a week , take out professional indemnity insurance . |
| 46 | But it 's , we 've got to get them motivated and I 'm asking today , you know , we need more help and if you can spare a few hours a week it would be more than appreciated . |
| 47 | Clare asked Carolyn , casually , if she was interested in taking on a few hours a week . |
| 48 | A little lower , a white dart seared across the top of the sky , outrunning the night , overtaking the sun , crossing in a few hours an ocean that was once the edge of the world … . |
| 49 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
| 50 | The embankments which he had vainly tried to have reinforced by the zemindars would now be brimming and beginning to overflow … within a few hours the country around the embankments would be flooded and ignorance , stupidity and superstition would have triumphed once more as they have triumphed again and again in human affairs since time began ! |
| 51 | But within a few hours the mood changed and what Docherty now describes as ‘ unforeseen forces ’ began to operate . |
| 52 | After a few hours the speed of change slowed . |
| 53 | For a few hours the Tea Master and his guests perform an artistic ritual in which the mundane is washed from their minds . |
| 54 | After a few hours the butterflies can be released . |
| 55 | In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work . |
| 56 | In a few cases the obligations of the local authorities will be quite clear . |
| 57 | In just a few cases the bonds that lie behind these transactions have survived , which show how his loans were arranged and secured . |
| 58 | This may take the form of requirements for reports , returns and information or the holding of enquiries , or in a few cases the issuing of directions , e.g. by the Secretary of State for Education to a local education authority . |
| 59 | In a few cases the wetlands proved too much for them . |
| 60 | In a few cases the loan may be repaid in one lump sum at the end of its term . |