Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the past few days there had been continuous rain , and the forecast was for more bad weather to come . |
| 2 | Critics of multimedia say that it is a solution looking for a problem , but during the past few years it has delivered many useful applications , some of them in the financial sector . |
| 3 | But in the past few years the trend has been in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | But in the past few years a phoenix has risen from the flames of Lakehurst . |
| 5 | Nature conservationists and farmers ( who both understand what does happen to abandoned land ) should know better , but in the past few years , seem to have become possessed by the same fear of some dark , prolific genie escaping from the bottle . |
| 6 | But in the past few years , the insurance market has been losing money , and it has turned out that the resources of even the richest people are less than infinite . |
| 7 | But over the past few years a new breed of journalist has evolved — hungry , competitive and aggressive . |
| 8 | But over the past few weeks many Americans have sensed a change in her . |
| 9 | He 'd never had any particular fear of darkness , but over the past few weeks he seemed to have grown more and more nervous at night . |
| 10 | Mr. Walker : In fairness , they have not been tripled in Wales this year , but over the past few years . |
| 11 | But over the past few years fashion for men has experienced something of a silent revolution , with smoother lines and looser fits becoming ever more popular . |
| 12 | But over the past few years , what with one night stands and travel , there was little energy or time left except for eating and bed . ’ |
| 13 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |