Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is no longer funny , because , that is what will happen when the recommendations made in a recent Monopolies and Mergers Commission report come into force . |
| 2 | We had proved in a recent elections and even in the general election , that where the pensioners ' movement was strong , the election results were more positive for candidates in support of our aims . |
| 3 | It 's a sobering thought that in a million years or so , the Thames will break through somewhere around Poplar High Street and turn it into a proper island . |
| 4 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 5 | Let me give you one or two specific examples , I 'm always interested , having been in a college for thirty five years in adult education , I 'm interested in the primary schools and I must admit I get more job satisfaction the moment we go in a primary schools than ever I had when I was in the college itself ! |
| 6 | You could cut me in a thousand pieces and lay them out on the street . |
| 7 | The media are aware of this fact , and photographs of Hannah side by side with Her Ladyship featured in a hundred newspapers and more |
| 8 | ‘ If each of them can just improve a little bit in 10 ways , the team will improve in a hundred ways and that 's not asking a lot of them . ’ |
| 9 | A plant that may only flower once in a hundred years but grows at up to seven inches a day is catching on with gardeners . |
| 10 | One can look back in eighty seven when we had that terrible storm and they said well once in a hundred years and then we had a storm very similar I think it is essential we look |
| 11 | The additional shine will make the nameplate that much easier for your grandchildren to recognise when they see the piece on Antiques Roadshow in a hundred years or so ! |
| 12 | But er , we did , and we , we , were thanked on a , in a numerous ways as well with people who was able to get things that we could n't get like , and , and they give them us like , you know in return . |
| 13 | Before Folly could take in what was happening , Luke had crossed the room in a few strides and almost thrown himself on to the sofa . |
| 14 | The plan is to grow the lawnmower business over the next couple of years and then float the shares to raise cash to add in a few operations that are less seasonal , and less weather-dependent . |
| 15 | However , a machine can only stretch in a few directions and is therefore only of limited value . |
| 16 | I think we might as well get in a few things and anyway I want some envelope re-use labels . |
| 17 | In a few instances as might be expected , opinions differ on certain aspects . |
| 18 | Do you have a rota system where if maybe six have got onto an appliance and there 's another fire comes up in a few hours that they can not turn ut again , or is it just a matter of whoever gets there first again ? |
| 19 | Firms can choose to concentrate their resources in a few countries and emphasise exports to other markets , or they can disperse their resources and emphasise FDI . |
| 20 | I I can give you an accurate price in a few minutes but roughly you 'd pay about five pounds more |
| 21 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 22 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 23 | It was always disappointing to sight the Land Rover and anticipate being in camp in a few minutes and then have an hour to walk . |
| 24 | But even allowing for those one strong young man could have come up the stairs to Wolski 's room and in a few minutes and one journey have stripped that soulless place of all evidence that for almost three decades , since 1946 , Wolski had lived there . |
| 25 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
| 26 | each , each time you pulled a handle it did one job and er could n't tell you really now what it was , you know but er you 'd pull the five handles in a few minutes and the damn thing was done . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 28 | If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys . |
| 29 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 30 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |