Example sentences of "in a few [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For much of the 1970S a wide range of European satellites were placed in orbit by American ( and in a few cases Soviet ) launchers . |
| 2 | In a few cases home-based treatment using the same approach may be helpful , although large-scale use of domiciliary treatment does not appear to be justified . |
| 3 | In a few cases private individuals have been receiving journals by post , if they weigh less than 300 grams . |
| 4 | Immunostaining for each enzyme was present in the cytoplasm of tumour cells ( Fig 3 and 4 ) , although in a few cases nuclear staining was also seen for the glutathione S-transferases . |
| 5 | But in a few cases careful evidence must be gathered to show whether the attachment falls within Cox v Harrison at ( B ) 7 above . |
| 6 | In a few areas great progress is being made . |
| 7 | In a few areas local government agencies took some steps to tackle this problem , but real progress did not come until central government gave local authorities powers to act effectively , and also required them to take such action . |
| 8 | But in a few minutes Israeli troops , armed with anti-tank rockets and machine-guns , had turned the place into rubble and 22 families , 140 people , had lost their homes and all their possessions . |
| 9 | In a few moments lonely Tess was asleep , in the bedroom once used by the young wives of her ancestors . |
| 10 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 11 | In a few boatyards sea-going craft were being built or repaired . |