Example sentences of "in a few [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heights do not usually exceed 12 metres but in a few instances heights of more than 20 metres have been involved . |
| 2 | Intriguingly , in a few cases Raper found that the G and C cells became linked to the axon they would Follow just before the turn was made . |
| 3 | In a few cases data were not available for some of the more minor roads entering a junction . |
| 4 | In a few cases people are the target , usually the result of the horses not having being handled properly ; but mostly the aggression in horses is directed towards other horses . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And the first deadline for applications for B T three shares expires in a few hours time . |
| 7 | In a few hours time in Toronto Lynn Gibson will be racing for Britain in the 800 metres … |
| 8 | In a few minutes Parry returned with an old newspaper . |
| 9 | In a few minutes Tim we 're going to walk to the post office . |
| 10 | And then in a few minutes Dennis is going to join with me in explaining to you how we are going to make the quality planning procedure work for you . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 15 | There was a tumult at the gates , and in a few moments Dunan and the Hearthwares joined them . |
| 16 | In a few days Riddle 's body might be found and the two women would almost certainly arrange an elaborate funeral which they would attend and shed a few crocodile tears . |
| 17 | Let us suppose the Smith family have planned a picnic in the country in a few days time . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ! |
| 20 | In a few days time that extra edge of fitness could keep them alive |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | look Grant , in a few days time |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But in a few places conditions remain unaltered and they suit the original design to perfection . |
| 26 | In a few seconds time he might be face to face with the man who had killed Daniel . |
| 27 | I 'm retiring in a few months Daphne said quietly . |
| 28 | In a few months Rose 's home place and Moran 's house were almost interwoven . |
| 29 | The Churchill Government inherited a highly efficient system of Cabinet and official committees , but with in a few months officials were complaining that the neat system consolidated by Clement Attlee was in disarray . |
| 30 | In a few months Michael Portillo is likely to announce initial plans to distinguish ‘ essential costs ’ and ‘ avoidable spending ’ in four departments — Health , Education , the Home Office , and Social Security — which account for £110 billion of public spending . |