Example sentences of "in a few [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in a few instances were brass or copper depositum plates provided , for it was more usual to outline the initials , date of death and age of the occupant on to the lid with black-headed upholstery nails with the possible addition of a skull and crossbones outlined at the head of the lid , whilst the sides were decorated with a single row of close-set nails all round . |
| 2 | What permitted the concentration of foreign trade in a few ports was the complementing of overseas trade by coastal trade . |
| 3 | The concentration of production in a few firms was considerably more marked in 1970 than it had been 15 years earlier , and many economists attribute around half the increase in concentration in the 1960s to the merger boom during those years . |
| 4 | Anything struck by a poisoned arrow was paralysed almost immediately and in a few moments was dead . |
| 5 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |