Example sentences of "in a few [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a few specimens this papillae may be partially divided giving the appearance of being two papillae . |
| 2 | For much of the 1970S a wide range of European satellites were placed in orbit by American ( and in a few cases Soviet ) launchers . |
| 3 | In a few cases home-based treatment using the same approach may be helpful , although large-scale use of domiciliary treatment does not appear to be justified . |
| 4 | Further , in a few cases such as Lepisma ( Sulc , 1927 ) and Hemidoecus ( Evans , 1939 ) the paranotal expansions are supplied with tracheae arranged in a pattern somewhat similar to that in developing wing-pads ( Fig. 40 ) . |
| 5 | In a few cases such as at Cuxton and Snodland , the positions of the churches do correspond with the remains of large Roman Villas . |
| 6 | In a few cases private individuals have been receiving journals by post , if they weigh less than 300 grams . |
| 7 | Immunostaining for each enzyme was present in the cytoplasm of tumour cells ( Fig 3 and 4 ) , although in a few cases nuclear staining was also seen for the glutathione S-transferases . |
| 8 | But in a few cases careful evidence must be gathered to show whether the attachment falls within Cox v Harrison at ( B ) 7 above . |
| 9 | In a few areas great progress is being made . |
| 10 | All additions concentrated in a few areas This can occur when , for example , recruitment campaigns for customers have taken place in a limited area , or a competitor has gone out of business . |
| 11 | In a few areas local government agencies took some steps to tackle this problem , but real progress did not come until central government gave local authorities powers to act effectively , and also required them to take such action . |
| 12 | Secondly , it has been proposed in some quarters that there should be a more general return to the old grammar school system ( and indeed in a few areas these schools remain ) . |
| 13 | But in a few minutes Israeli troops , armed with anti-tank rockets and machine-guns , had turned the place into rubble and 22 families , 140 people , had lost their homes and all their possessions . |
| 14 | In a few rings one of the carbons is replaced by an atom of oxygen , nitrogen or sulphur which can cause problems . |
| 15 | It was hardly past noon and in a few moments eleven hundred fresh fighting-men would be stepping ashore . |
| 16 | It 's all a dream , in a few moments all will be streaming sunshine again . |
| 17 | In a few moments lonely Tess was asleep , in the bedroom once used by the young wives of her ancestors . |
| 18 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 19 | But they hope that in a few days forty orphaned children will be on their way to a new life in England … leaving behind them an horror of war which has already killed thousands of innocent youngsters . |
| 20 | These range from small increases in weak acute phase proteins such as C3 complement , and a two to fourfold rise in proteins such as α 1 -acid glycoprotein ( serum orosomucoid for the traditionalist ) , fibrinogen , and α 1 -antitrypsin , to spectacular rises in a few proteins such as CRP and amyloid A-associated protein . |
| 21 | The launcher was only six feet away from him and in a few seconds thousands of people were going to die horribly . |
| 22 | The grim alternative is that in a few years many more specialties will be in the position of thoracic medicine and more junior doctors will spend even longer in the training grades . |
| 23 | in a few years this er , they 're not building houses so these houses are gon na go , rocket again |
| 24 | In a few boatyards sea-going craft were being built or repaired . |
| 25 | For those bogwarts who 're still stuck , I 've thrown in a few tips this month . |