Example sentences of "this [noun sg] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In this case a few records are updated very frequently , a few very seldom , and most records are updated more or less an average amount ; the distribution is shown in Fig. 6.21 .
2 Without any ends at all for which to survive life would be , in the strict sense of the words , not worth living , and on this boat a few decencies preserved without regard for consequences would be the last ends left which he values for themselves .
3 Before concluding this chapter a few remarks on the subject of doubling strings by wind may be useful .
4 Instead he had worked for several years for Lintas , the advertising agency owned by Unilever , only abandoning this job a few months before war broke out in order to concentrate for a period entirely on his painting .
5 Spencer Stuart went through this process a few years earlier in a more effective way .
6 I had three questions on this point a few minutes ago .
7 Lorentz returned to this point a few months later when he was reviewing Fritz Lang 's German film M .
8 First , at this juncture a few points in regard to what might be meant by ‘ baroque ’ .
9 This state of affairs has complicated my present task , since what was current when I began thinking about this book a few years ago , and , indeed , when working on earlier drafts of it , is now ceasing to be so .
10 The CRL tackled this problem a few years ago , developing ice-lined refrigerators : tubes of water surrounding the fridge compartment freeze ; if the power fails , the tubes keep the vaccines cool until all the ice has melted .
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