Example sentences of "in a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If one takes wines such as these together with the inevitably ill-fated attempts to make a red wine from black grapes grown in a climate barely hospitable enough to ripen a grape , let alone colour it , a wealth of curiously coloured , clouded wines must have constituted the norm , despite a half-hidden glint of pink or red in a few instances . |
| 32 | The plant-eaters grew bulkier and heavier as a kind of protection , and in a few instances the flesh-eaters also grew commensurately bigger . |
| 33 | In fact , one of the major drawbacks with signature models is that the buyer unwittingly inherits all of the idiosyncrasies of the original player 's design and , in a few instances , these could prove to be incompatible with his or her own style of playing . |
| 34 | Only in a few instances were brass or copper depositum plates provided , for it was more usual to outline the initials , date of death and age of the occupant on to the lid with black-headed upholstery nails with the possible addition of a skull and crossbones outlined at the head of the lid , whilst the sides were decorated with a single row of close-set nails all round . |
| 35 | In a few instances , community education buildings have been adapted with deaf-loops , ramps , toilets , and stair lifts . |
| 36 | Heights do not usually exceed 12 metres but in a few instances heights of more than 20 metres have been involved . |
| 37 | In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed . |
| 38 | In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed . |
| 39 | In Crohn 's disease the frequency of IgG anti-α antigen and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies did not differ statistically from the control group , although in a few instances the antibody levels were surprisingly high . |
| 40 | Transverse effects have been examined in a few instances . |
| 41 | Among these were PPB , which survived in two departments until the mid 1970s , PAR and MBO , which flourished in a few pilot studies . |
| 42 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 43 | ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since . |
| 44 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 45 | Three girls , see you 're lucky really cos if they 'd had three boys an i , in a few times , you know , ten years time like , they 'd have all , the boys would of been growing up and they 'd have had cars stuck everywhere , you know what I mean ? |
| 46 | Not bad for the first day , she thought with a sense of satisfaction as she washed her hands and tucked in a few strands of escaping hair . |
| 47 | The Kent Impact Study predicted losses of between 4,500 and 6,500 from a total workforce of 12,500 , heavily concentrated in a few ports , and these figures are not disputed by the recent Kent Impact Monitoring Report . |
| 48 | What permitted the concentration of foreign trade in a few ports was the complementing of overseas trade by coastal trade . |
| 49 | In a few specimens this papillae may be partially divided giving the appearance of being two papillae . |
| 50 | In a few cases , prisoners are reported to have been deliberately executed without trial . |
| 51 | In short the pictures in an art museum have been closely monitored , often through decades and in a few cases for centuries , so full descriptions that appear in the catalogues have a thorough-paced authority . |
| 52 | In a few cases people are the target , usually the result of the horses not having being handled properly ; but mostly the aggression in horses is directed towards other horses . |
| 53 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
| 54 | From meetings at Highlander , between other organisations and community groups , an active organisation evolved which demanded more information from state and federal agencies on the contents and safety aspects of chemical dumps , and became involved in ‘ more than occasional direct action ( in a few cases , civil disobedience ) to stop the dumping . ’ |
| 55 | In a few cases I realised with surprise my growing frustration was due to my inability to interject my own comments into the workshop ( which has been filmed several years previously ) . |
| 56 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
| 57 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
| 58 | There will be definitional and ultimately theoretical problems in a few cases where land-use decisions are shared in a complex manner between a small group like a household , and a larger community . |
| 59 | In a few cases the disease undergoes a recurrent phase when the manifestations of secondary syphilis are seen again . |
| 60 | This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved . |