Example sentences of "in a few [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And the first deadline for applications for B T three shares expires in a few hours time . |
| 3 | In a few hours time in Toronto Lynn Gibson will be racing for Britain in the 800 metres … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Okay , we 'll come back and pick up with you again , if we may , in a few moments time , but I wanted to change tack once more and go back to the telephones , and waiting to talk to us now is Alan Spong , he 's a director of Lunn Poly , one of the country 's leading travel agents . |
| 6 | And that 's Nick Harris talking to Ken Vasey up at the Manor ground and we hope to return to the Manor in a few moments time and see who else Nick has got to talk to us . |
| 7 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 8 | There was a tumult at the gates , and in a few moments Dunan and the Hearthwares joined them . |
| 9 | Let us suppose the Smith family have planned a picnic in the country in a few days time . |
| 10 | Did one yesterday for a man who was due to be executed today , erm , I do n't know whether he was or not , but he probably in a few days time . |
| 11 | So , gentlemen , what I 'm really doing is to show you a bit of the background and the fact that it 's not all doom and gloom there is a hell of a light at the tunnel and in matter of fact , we got another lecture on the channel tunnel in a few days time ! |
| 12 | In a few days time that extra edge of fitness could keep them alive |
| 13 | In a few days time the nation will again pay lip service to the thousands killed in action during the Second World War , while preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic with a spectacular visit from a NATO fleet in May . |
| 14 | look Grant , in a few days time |
| 15 | wait a bit , and they said so , they looked at it and said we 'd have to take it back in a few days time for them to do , they could n't do it there and then . |
| 16 | In a few days time we 'll be sitting him on top of a bonfire and standing around in the cold night while we light up the sky with loads of colour . |
| 17 | In a few seconds time he might be face to face with the man who had killed Daniel . |
| 18 | In October 1930 , ten months before the first National Government was formed , Sir Arthur Balfour , an industrialist and a member of the Economic Advisory Council , wrote to Ramsay MacDonald , saying that he had been forced to the conclusion : That our industrial and commercial economic situation is steadily deteriorating and if this continues , in a few months time , we shall be on the verge of a debacle . |
| 19 | ‘ The changes facing the industry with the ending of the variable premium in a few months time made buyers highly selective , ’ said auctioneer Michael Walton who managed to extract an average £1000 for ram lambs against a 1990 figure of £1209 . |
| 20 | In a few months time we are hoping to start a lunch club in the hall on 2 or 3 days per week , providing a three course lunch for a very small cost . |
| 21 | It 's time we had ministers who will listen to Social Services and in a few months time we shall have them , a Labour Government . |
| 22 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 23 | If I quote three or four quid underneath , he 'll consider it and we may get an order in a few months time when the schedule runs out . |
| 24 | Hugh , himself I think he is completing his work and there , in , in a few months time and I know there have attempts made to find someone to replace him . |
| 25 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
| 26 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 27 | He says that in a few years gas will become expensive , and coal will be waiting in the wings as a cheap form of energy . |
| 28 | In a few years time the two German states could be virtually a single economic area . |
| 29 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 30 | This is the cheaper option , but it may leave you stuck with single glazing and a recurrence of your existing maintenance problems in a few years time . |