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

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1 Heights do not usually exceed 12 metres but in a few instances heights of more than 20 metres have been involved .
2 But in a few places conditions remain unaltered and they suit the original design to perfection .
3 The Churchill Government inherited a highly efficient system of Cabinet and official committees , but with in a few months officials were complaining that the neat system consolidated by Clement Attlee was in disarray .
4 In a few years things may change , I ca n't promise that , but they may .
5 Curbishley already had the English schools time , thanks to a 44.3 secs run in her first track outing at Hull this season , before she was injured in a 400 metres hurdles race at York .
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