Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] as the " in BNC.

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1 It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below .
2 ( 1 would suggest that you do this over a few days as the list may well vary according to the mood you are in . )
3 The full extent of this system is yet to be established , but the gouffre Pierre-Saint-Martin is only a few miles as the Pyrenean crow flies from the Gorges de Kakouetta and forms part of the one vast hydrological network .
4 Whereas really it 's only a few miles as the crow flies as it were .
5 The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years .
6 The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male .
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