Example sentences of "from a few [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fish farming industry has grown from a few hundred tonnes of fish in 1980 to 33,000 tonnes per annum in 1990 . |
| 2 | The regime of the vine and olive is restricted to a zone varying in width from a few hundred metres under Velebit to 30 km ( 18 miles ) near Zadar . |
| 3 | Apart from a few hundred feet just below the summit , the climbing was straightforward , yet at 21,400ft provided useful acclimatization and fleeting views through swirling clouds towards other , less accessible peaks . |
| 4 | Treatment can cost anything from a few hundred pounds to up to £15,000 in exceptional circumstances . |
| 5 | Flatbed plotters range in price from a few hundred pounds to several thousand pounds . |
| 6 | Occlusion bodies ( OBs ) can be from a few hundred nanometres to several micrometres across and these viruses can therefore easily be seen under the light microscope , which greatly aids diagnosis . |
| 7 | Tribes vary in size from a few hundred individuals to many thousands of warriors . |
| 8 | The sources that ISO will be investigating will generally be clouds of dust in space , with temperatures from a few hundred degrees down to only 30 K. The warmer dust clouds are found close to stars , either in dark nebulae adjacent to stars that have just formed , or in the ejected shells of matter from old stars , called planetary nebulae . |
| 9 | The most obvious result of the evolving technology is increased speed , from a few thousand instructions per second to several millions or tens of millions of instructions per second . |