Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immunostaining for each enzyme was present in the cytoplasm of tumour cells ( Fig 3 and 4 ) , although in a few cases nuclear staining was also seen for the glutathione S-transferases . |
| 2 | Newly qualified nurses are expected to receive an orientation and induction programme appropriate to their appointments , followed by a consolidation period for a minimum period of three months , when it is recommended that a few hours each week be set aside for learning periods either with other newly qualified staff or as self-directed learning . |
| 3 | Within a few months many assurances were broken ; there were wistful , unfulfilled hopes of James Edward Stuart landing and asserting himself as King James VII ; and in the House of Lords an attempt by Scottish members to repeal the Act was defeated by only a small majority . |
| 4 | Within a few months these hopes were dashed when a majority of the Manchester committee insisted on recognising an American evangelical , the Rev. Fred Hemming , as an official agent to raise money for the anti-Garrisonian abolitionists in America although he only had the general support of Lewis Tappan and apparently regarded the Garrisonians and their British sympathisers as ‘ infidel abolitionists ’ . |
| 5 | The government however continued with just one vice-president and within a few months this post was held by Daniel Arap Moi , a non-Kikuyu who , despite being a member of the Legislative Council , had not been prominent in nationalist politics . |
| 6 | In a few areas great progress is being made . |
| 7 | For the next few years American audiences were shown aspects of their society that they could never have expected to have encountered at the movies and it must have struck at least some members of the public that film-going had become a more serious business . |
| 8 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 9 | After a few years this scheme was pronounced a failure . |
| 10 | Within a few days each hole is teeming with worms , with a large proportion being on the pebble . |
| 11 | During the next few weeks three armies were assembled , forming a pattern of defence in depth . |
| 12 | In a few boatyards sea-going craft were being built or repaired . |
| 13 | In a few moments lonely Tess was asleep , in the bedroom once used by the young wives of her ancestors . |
| 14 | Hazel stamped , and a few moments later Dandelion was beside him in the bracken . |
| 15 | A few moments later Bigwig was in the ditch . |