Example sentences of "few [noun pl] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys . |
| 2 | After multiple cycles of amplification contaminating RNA species are no longer a problem and there is plenty of material to clone , sequence , or otherwise analyse , all within a few hours and with minimal manual intervention . |
| 3 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 4 | We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls . |
| 5 | lead naturally to a consideration of market possibilities in which there is trade and negotiation amongst few traders and to the possibility of non-market institutions . |
| 6 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
| 7 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
| 8 | ‘ It would be nice to grab a few goals and with that in mind I 'm using all three of our main strikers . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year . |
| 10 | Anger gave her the strength to pack her few belongings and by the time Ellen — red-eyed and in tears — came to say that the conveyance was at the door , there was no sign left that Ruth had ever inhabited the room . |
| 11 | RAIL fares are scheduled to soar in the next few years and at least 5,000 railway jobs will be lost following the Government 's decision to slash grants for British Rail in the early 1990s . |
| 12 | In fact the numbers of female motorists has risen sharply over the past few years and since 1987 the number has almost doubled . |
| 13 | There was a period when cyclists disappeared from the Meet altogether but they have started to return in the last few years and among the highlights of this year 's event — May 22–25 — will be a return to races on the old grass cycle track around the perimeter of Richmond Cricket Club 's ground and a road race for penny-farthings . |
| 14 | What what the government , what the erm the consortium and paper 's about er , is improving the , the identification band that was hanging over of of health care , once that recipe is will get much larger consortium er , it 's much widespread of er , devotion , expertise er , er professionalism in in assessing health needs er think about one of those areas that have been saved from in West Essex over the last over the last few years and by going into a much larger group with more resources erm , there will , they will be able to actually er work er far , far more effectively in sorting out what 's actually needed . |
| 15 | Er the unemployment rate while still relatively in relation to national and even er regional levels , has increased very rapidly over the last few years and in fact over the last two or three years we 've had something like three thousand jobs lost i in Harrogate . |
| 16 | Modigliani moved in to be with her for the last few days and at the end of November Jeanne entered the Nice Maternity Hospital . |
| 17 | The policy was cleared over the next few days and on 19 March I told the House of Commons that |
| 18 | The unrest continued over the next few days and by May 22 the number of Palestinians killed by the IDF had risen to 21 . |
| 19 | He wrote : ‘ Thanks for your hospitality over the past few weeks and for helping me see where I have gone wrong . ’ |
| 20 | We only want the managers to change a few things and to be more careful about safety . ’ |
| 21 | In practice , the absence of a precise definition has given rise to surprisingly few problems and to even fewer reported cases . |
| 22 | They each had a few jokes and by the time the roach was flushed away she was already experiencing her first rush , a warm , dreamy sensation that seemed to encompass her whole being . |
| 23 | Most gardens only have space for a few trees and in a small plot they are almost always in view , therefore careful choice is essential . |
| 24 | He chanced a few casts and by the end of the season he had taken more than a dozen good trout . |
| 25 | Conversely , a large-scale and long-period phenomenon such as the movement of tectonic plates can lead to local stress accumulation and to its release by an earthquake in a few seconds and with highly local effects . |
| 26 | Democratic centralism concentrates power in a few hands and at the end of the day produces decision rather than fudging . |
| 27 | In the pastures stood sheep , cattle and a few horses and around the farm buildings were geese , fowl and cats . |
| 28 | There were few strikes and in Parliament Labour 's opposition was usually focused more on the ‘ giveaway ’ price at which shares were sold rather than on the principle of privatization . |