Example sentences of "a few [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 2 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 3 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 4 | By storing up a few milliseconds worth of message and then pumping it out in a splurge , several digital phones can operate over a channel that would accommodate only a single analogue one : they merely send out their bursts at different times . |
| 5 | ‘ Ca n't a woman get a few hours sleep of an after-noon ? ’ the slattern inquired of Didier . |
| 6 | Within a few hours drive of Gwent , for instance , lie some fascinating areas — the Forest of Dean , formerly a major coal-producing area ; Snowdonia , where the evidence of centuries of quarrying and mineral extraction is heaped everywhere ; Pembrokeshire , where pretty fishing villages once exported coal , and Cornwall where mining was once a much bigger earner than cream teas . |
| 7 | Only a few hours drive from Glasgow to a world of serenity and tranquillity . |
| 8 | In a few hours time in Toronto Lynn Gibson will be racing for Britain in the 800 metres … |
| 9 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |
| 10 | Fixed-price contracts have been normal for production contracts but on occasion this has led to claims that excess profits have been made and in a few cases repayment of the excess has been enforced . |
| 11 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 12 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 13 | Magharba reinforcements from Bishr turned up and camped in a clump of trees a few kilometres west of town . |
| 14 | The delightfully named village of Chigny-les-Roses is situated south of Reims , on the northern slopes of the Montagne , a few kilometres west of the grand cru villages of Mailly-Champagne and Verzenay . |
| 15 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 16 | Some stolen cattle were transported from the Northern Band to supply the beef market at Kandy ; the Moors of Akurana , a few kilometres north of Kandy , were said to be involved in this trade . |
| 17 | Last June saw the opening of a new museum in Ingolstadt , a few kilometres north of Munich , devoted to concrete art the art of geometric form and pure colour espoused in the 1930s by artists such as Arp , Kupka , Vantongerloo and van Doesburg . |
| 18 | The most important river in the region is the Marne which starts life in dramatic surroundings a few kilometres south of Langres , not far from the magnificent Château le Pailly . |
| 19 | As a result , erm , prices wo n't be quite as volatile as they are in the opposite case , alright , when the world market , and virtually nobody , let's assume that virtually nobody uses the world market to trade in , they 've all got their own agricultural policies , right , just a few countries trade in the world market , it only takes erm , a , a sort of poor harvest , or a very good harvest in any one of these erm , er , sort of protected countries , in order to get rid of this output , they 'll put it on the world market . |
| 20 | After a few minutes work on both reins Skipper was going forward , with his brain between his ears . |
| 21 | Dunstaffnage House is set in an acre of pretty garden with wonderful views across the open land to the Cairngorms , yet only a few minutes drive from the centre of Grantown . |
| 22 | Only a few minutes walk off main shopping centre , sea front , Conference Centre , cinemas and theatre . |
| 23 | There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings . |
| 24 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 25 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 26 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 27 | From our site in Old College it is only a few minutes walk to Parliament House , where the highest criminal and civil courts in Scotland sit , and to the local Sheriff and district court . |
| 28 | Kensington Palace is a few minutes walk through the park from Kensington High Street or Bayswater Road where buses and underground stations are located . |
| 29 | Moreover , it was but a few minutes walk from the Junior School ( Roslyn ) , and only a little further from the senior school ( Westmount High ) to which Esther and Leonard were duly sent . |
| 30 | Situated only 60 metres from the International Drive resort centre , the Famous Host International is only a few minutes walk from a great selection of restaurants , bars , and general hub that Orlando has to offer . |