Example sentences of "a [det] [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a few moments lonely Tess was asleep , in the bedroom once used by the young wives of her ancestors . |
| 2 | A couple of boy-soldiers spend a few moments admiring Anastasia . |
| 3 | In a few areas great progress is being made . |
| 4 | In a few areas local government agencies took some steps to tackle this problem , but real progress did not come until central government gave local authorities powers to act effectively , and also required them to take such action . |
| 5 | The gap between the two , although only a few metres wide , is deep enough for my boat to pass through at any state of tide . |
| 6 | Found on rocky coastal areas , younger wrasse live only a few metres deep , while larger specimens can be found deeper than 15 metres . |
| 7 | This deposit mantles the flanks of the pre-existing cone , but is no more than a few metres thick at most . |
| 8 | For common igneous minerals , critical concentrations are very small ( typically 0.002–0.03wt% ) and layers of the order of centimetres to a few metres thick will result . |
| 9 | Colouring a few faces brown and celebrating a couple of extra festivals does not constitute multicultural education . |
| 10 | Looks round for escape from this man who is obviously a few co-ordinates short of a bearing , and starts to back away slowly . |
| 11 | As they passed an STM tip over the surface they applied short bursts of alternating voltage , a few milliseconds long and slightly more than 1.5 volts in amplitude , over particular atoms . |
| 12 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
| 13 | The pendulum consists of a weight on the end of a piece of string , thread or chain usually a few inches long . |
| 14 | To cut from a model a few inches long to a close-up of a face — Harrison Ford in the police Spinner in Blade Runner — establishes an identity between them . |
| 15 | The slit mechanism between the camera and the artwork , instead of being a few inches long , had to be about six feet ( 1.8m ) long . |
| 16 | Many of the fish caught are immature , just a few inches long . |
| 17 | However , unless I want junk food from one of the many establishments purveying it in this thoroughly commercialised station , all I have available to sit on in the huge concourse is a grubby metal flip-up slat a few inches wide . |
| 18 | Carved out of the rock and only a few inches wide , they require a certain agility . |
| 19 | Remember the dice will always add at least 2″ to your estimate , and can add up to 10″ , so you should aim a few inches short of your target . |
| 20 | Cut the rootstock back to a few inches high . |
| 21 | The screws that they used in the workshop came in plastic bags a few inches square . |
| 22 | The woodcuts are only a few inches square , and defy the artists ' desire for detail and extravagance . |
| 23 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |
| 24 | The rent cheque was , to my surprise , a few pounds short of the amount I was actually paying — certain deductions had been made for lighting and other odd things that were technically included in my monthly rent . |
| 25 | SAVE FACE THE SAVE FACE/Lemon Fund has closed with £94,445 banked , only a few pounds short of the money we were required to pay Jason Donovan in settlement of the libel action he brought against us earlier this year . |
| 26 | The same applies to anyone , tall or short , who has been dieting for a lengthy period already , and generally to those who are only a few pounds overweight . |
| 27 | Frankly , the only people I can think of who need to go as low as 850 calories a day in order to achieve a pacey weight loss on the F-Plan are small , rather sedentary women , only a few pounds overweight , and those struggling off the last few pounds of excess weight after a prolonged dieting campaign . |
| 28 | Being only a few pounds overweight . |
| 29 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 30 | This had become an automatic response to most of his wife 's suggestions , and Scarlet had learned to have a few answers ready . |