Example sentences of "in a [det] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.

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31 In a few days the effects of the anaesthetic will diminish and you will feel better .
32 Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away .
33 In a few days The Shamen take their millennial grooves and positive paganism to Salt Lake City .
34 One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town .
35 Unless this is quickly controlled , in a few seconds the glider can be far too high above the towplane .
36 With boards travelling at up to 25 knots , the emphasis is on not falling since in a few seconds the fleet will have zoomed past and gained a huge advantage .
37 In a few seconds the fuse caught , and after about ten seconds the mass of flame blew up and out , throwing something black and smoking twenty metres or more into the late-afternoon air and scattering pieces all over the Grounds .
38 In a few miles the traveller passes from the summer droughts and deserts of Africa to the climate of northern Europe .
39 Thus in a few years a mere convenience for keyboard players had developed into a widely adopted performing practice which revolutionized musical textures and was to remain in use for two centuries .
40 Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it .
41 Each centre aims to build up in a few years the basis for energy conservation throughout industry , transport and construction — an ambitious target , which Chandler feels is achievable .
42 In a few years the number of BSE infected cattle is expected to drastically fall .
43 Bad today , the situation will get worse when in a few years the number of potential recruits begins to decline .
44 In a few years the .
45 In a few weeks the bird will be back in the fighting ring . ’
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