Example sentences of "in a few [noun] it " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials .
2 Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance .
3 But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation .
4 In a few minutes it was all over .
5 Why , in a few months it 'll all be finished , and then you 'll be left high and dry ! ’
6 In most regions , the assassination tended to unite the badly fragmented Congress Party , but in a few regions it had the opposite result , which caused that party to gain less ground in those states ) .
7 But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill .
  Next page