Example sentences of "in [art] few [noun pl] or " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves .
2 In a few days or weeks Francis would almost certainly have made a will and it was unlikely that Anna would have been the principal , let alone the sole beneficiary .
3 ‘ Is there a potential on the Earth now , ’ Tooley asked , ‘ for catastrophic , subglacial floods raising sea level by 23cm in a few weeks or several metres in a few years ? ’
4 ‘ It has got to a stage where I am not looking ahead to what might happen in a few weeks or a few months .
5 I am convinced that if the hon. Gentleman were ever in a position of responsibility in the House — the likelihood of which is becoming increasingly remote — he would also find himself advised that it would be foolish to put before the House proposals which in a few weeks or months might fall outside the law .
  Next page