Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | This increase in greenhouse gases is expected to eventually force global temperatures to rise by 2 to 5 °C , although the full amount of warming will be delayed for a few decades because of oceanic thermal inertia . |
| 2 | The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters . |
| 3 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 4 | I 'm going on a fast for a few days because everything you eat 's bad for you . ’ |
| 5 | It was thought by the producers that the programme slipped out of the top ten ratings for a few weeks because of the squeamishness of some viewers , but this was probably just a seasonal fluctuation . |