Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun pl] it " in BNC.
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1 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
2 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
3 | But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation . |
4 | In a few minutes it was all over . |
5 | Why , in a few months it 'll all be finished , and then you 'll be left high and dry ! ’ |
6 | 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 ) . |
7 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |