Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.

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1 All I have to worry about is designing , instead of production ETAs or trying to work out my taxes whilst being in a million meetings a day .
2 One year a jewel of a kid called Seamus said that maybe in a hundred years the Africans will still remember and they 'll have an African Republican Army .
3 In a billion years the universe will be on the knife 's edge of expansion or collapsing again , depending on its critical density .
4 Again , it was the darkest ones that survived best , with the result that in a few generations the peppered moths living near the big industrial cities were nearly all black .
5 However in a few women the periods may become a little heavier .
6 In a few instances the loss of someone close can propel the survivor into an overwhelming emotional whirlpool that can not be contained without expert help or hospitalization or treatment or a combination of all of these .
7 The plant-eaters grew bulkier and heavier as a kind of protection , and in a few instances the flesh-eaters also grew commensurately bigger .
8 In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed .
9 In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed .
10 In Crohn 's disease the frequency of IgG anti-α antigen and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies did not differ statistically from the control group , although in a few instances the antibody levels were surprisingly high .
11 In a few cases the disease undergoes a recurrent phase when the manifestations of secondary syphilis are seen again .
12 In a few cases the wetlands proved too much for them .
13 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 .
14 In a few cases the loan may be repaid in one lump sum at the end of its term .
15 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 .
16 Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child .
17 In a few cases the obligations of the local authorities will be quite clear .
18 Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive .
19 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 … .
20 In a few areas a detailed election manifesto has been adopted at the first meeting of a newly elected council as a basis for council policies ( Fudge 1981 ) .
21 In a few areas the proposed treatment will considerably undermine the main purpose of the forthcoming Financial Reporting Standard , namely to reflect the substance of transactions in assets or liabilities .
22 Although the central confederations of employers ' associations are usually much less involved in collective bargaining than are the industry associations , nevertheless in a few countries the peak organisations do play a major role .
23 However in a few incidents the initial charge had been for the full offence of rape … .
24 In a few minutes a boy appeared .
25 In a few minutes the same policeman forced his way through the mob to the gallery .
26 It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working .
27 My Lords in a few minutes the House will have to vote on this issue .
28 Once again Campana saw the Germans line up ; ‘ In a few minutes the slopes of Hill 265 were covered with enemy advancing on us .
29 And in a few moments a voice from that quarter , low and breathy , joined very softly in the responses .
30 In a few moments the other participant in the sequence they were shooting would come , the estate agent from Sudbury .
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