Example sentences of "in [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | In just a few years , Chilean fishermen have inflicted damage on dolphin stocks which will take decades , if not centuries , to repair . |
| 32 | In just a few minutes , the encoded gibberish on the computer screen starts to turn into plain English . |
| 33 | In just a few hours , a doomed cell separates from its neighbours and shrinks , while its nucleus changes shape and fragments . |
| 34 | On the other hand , in many other spheres , the most amazing developments that have taken place in just a few decades are taken completely for granted and even more is expected . |
| 35 | And when it is burnt in large amounts , then the CO 2 that was taken up in the ancient world over a period of , say , a million years , may be released into the modern world in just a few years . |
| 36 | Also it is changing from having tools made in many small workshops all over the country , to having machines made in just a few large factories . |
| 37 | Dressing hurriedly , he dashed outside to find that , in just a few hours , the whole world had been transformed . |
| 38 | While our friends have made their new houses look good in just a few hours with a lick of paint , we 've had to put up new ceilings , repair skirting boards and hack off layers of old tiles . |
| 39 | So he appeased them , placated them , told them they had done brilliantly and would all be very rich men in just a few more days . |
| 40 | In just a few days over eighty people came forward , eager to support , and to add their voices and their knowledge of their neighbours to the case . |
| 41 | Our Georgia guests used the small flat-bottomed craft to go bonefishing one afternoon , and Thessy , well trained by his father , led them unerringly to a sea-flat by a mangrove swamp where , in just a few heart-racing moments , they landed four of the gleaming and elusive fish . |
| 42 | In just a few seconds Rob would be talking to her and it would be all right . |
| 43 | Sit down at your machine with a cassette player and knit , following Diane 's clear and helpful explanations and in just a few hours YOU will be the master of your machine ! |
| 44 | Yet , when the time comes for a hermit crab to change shell , having outgrown its present one , it can accomplish the change over in just a few seconds . |
| 45 | Black spot has to be taken very seriously because , given the right conditions , it can ravage and virtually destroy a rose garden in just a few days — I have seen this happen , and it is not a pretty sight . |
| 46 | But in just a few years computers have made many specialised tasks obsolete , enabling one person not only to do the work of many , but to do many different jobs at once . |
| 47 | Clarify , however , is positioning itself against the others as the most ‘ haute couture ’ of the breed , the kind of house that could easily mushroom into a $100m enterprise in just a few years . |
| 48 | Small areas of rot can be cut out and filled with two-part epoxy resin , which should give a strong permanent bond , with the advantage that several layers can be applied in just a few hours , and then easily sanded to a fine finish . |
| 49 | I took Oliver 's flowers , and fed them petal-first into the grinder , and in just a few minutes I had reduced his gift to a sludge which the cold water was washing away down the waste-pipe . |
| 50 | I stayed right where I was on the floor telling myself I 'd be fine in just a few minutes . |
| 51 | ‘ It may be impossible for him to get home in just a few months . ’ |
| 52 | In just a few moments you can see how much easier your working life could become . |
| 53 | It is this incredible flexibility that allows us to juggle page layouts in just a few minutes and produce a fresh piece of artwork each time rather than wait hours , even days , for the re-worked page to come back from the artist 's studio . |
| 54 | In just a few short years the throwline has become standard equipment for white water paddlers . |
| 55 | In just a few cases the bonds that lie behind these transactions have survived , which show how his loans were arranged and secured . |
| 56 | In just a few short years , the average hospital stay after a baby has dropped from eight to ten days in 1982 , to just three to four in 1989 . |
| 57 | In just a few days he had pushed back the horizons of her world far out of sight . |
| 58 | The following list of types of secondary schools includes some that no longer exist and others that now exist only in very small numbers , often in just a few LEAs . |
| 59 | ‘ You 'll find out in just a few minutes , ’ Julius replied . |
| 60 | ‘ The director wants to see you right away , Marianne , and Dane asked me to tell you he 'll be down in just a few minutes , Shae , to finish off his costume fitting . ’ |