Example sentences of "in [art] few [noun pl] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
| 2 | For a typical car , the carpet will only be about 2 cm thick , and will be quite short-lived but in the few seconds it lasts before collapsing it will transfer most of its heat to the road . |
| 3 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
| 4 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
| 5 | But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation . |
| 6 | In a few minutes it was all over . |
| 7 | Why , in a few months it 'll all be finished , and then you 'll be left high and dry ! ’ |
| 8 | In most regions , the assassination tended to unite the badly fragmented Congress Party , but in a few regions it had the opposite result , which caused that party to gain less ground in those states ) . |
| 9 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |