Example sentences of "few week [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More is accomplished in a few weeks through revival than is accomplished in years of ordinary labours . |
| 2 | After a few weeks of agitation in the press , Mr Pozderac resigned from his high government office , although still declaring his innocence . |
| 3 | When the Liberation came , the French dealt with the open collaborators in a brutal few weeks of epuration — a purge in which some innocents suffered . |
| 4 | An infection in a baby in the first few weeks of life can cause mental handicap , especially if the baby is premature . |
| 5 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
| 6 | The following quotations illustrate the widely differing views of this common problem : ‘ During the first few weeks of life the average baby sleeps a great deal but , when awake , cries lustily and often … . |
| 7 | Children may be given tetanus vaccination in the first few weeks of life and its importance is underlined by its inclusion in the primary recommended vaccination schedules which begins at two months . |
| 8 | Two more , and it was plain that she was hungry , just as Patrick had been in the first few weeks of life . |
| 9 | Now , however , she was dying of tuberculosis and , with only a few weeks of life left , the past was very much on her mind . |
| 10 | The clinical signs in very young animals , usually within the first few weeks of life , together with the finding of large numbers of the characteristic eggs or larvae in the faeces are suggestive of strongyloidiasis . |
| 11 | Their room at school , within a few weeks of Katherine arrival , had by a few deft touches and additions acquired a new look . |
| 12 | A majority of Democrats , however , having accepted budget cuts of $7,000 million in 1991 , were unprepared to make another round of even deeper cuts within a few weeks of state elections . |
| 13 | But within a few weeks of William 's appointment she had applied to three different London boroughs for a job — any job — in social work , taken the first one she 'd been offered , fixed up the flat , put the cottage on the market , found a school for Edwin , and fled from the last five years of her life with almost indecent haste . |
| 14 | Despite such " official " backing and aspirations , the DTB 's Bund contract only averaged 2,500 contracts per day , about one-tenth of LIFFE 's turnover , in its first few weeks of trading . |
| 15 | Although the night-time itching has been put down to the nocturnal habits of the mite , it is interesting that for the first few weeks of infestation , when the mites are presumably just as active , there are often no symptoms at all . |
| 16 | After a critical few weeks of talks with the Minister-Presidents a compromise was reached by which a German government would be created , but without giving the impression that this meant a permanent division . |
| 17 | Then a last few weeks of freedom at High Brook . |
| 18 | All she needs is a few weeks of expert tuition . ’ |
| 19 | They were relaxed , joking amongst themselves ; it was a relief to be on a march where they did n't expect trouble after the last few weeks of demonstrations and violence . |
| 20 | During the last few weeks of Little Stonham Primary School 's history a book fair was held . |
| 21 | At least , with Micky there , we can fill a few weeks of punters coming in to watch him dry . |
| 22 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |
| 23 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 24 | A few weeks of war and from what the psychiatrists are saying more than half of them are shattered for life . |
| 25 | Within a few weeks of Glass 's abduction , a group calling itself the Organization of Good against Evil released video pictures of him allegedly confessing to being a spy . |
| 26 | This is especially important during the first few weeks of pregnancy when you might not even know you are pregnant . |
| 27 | This only occurs if the mother has developed a primary attack in the last few weeks of pregnancy . |
| 28 | The Walks were forbidden to the villagers and in the final few weeks of pregnancy , Tamar spent much of her time strolling there , in such complete seclusion that she felt cut off from civilisation . |
| 29 | Mares with a tendency to filled legs will suffer more when in foal , particularly during the last few weeks of pregnancy . |
| 30 | The Scottish Protestants had their own dramatic gesture to make within a few weeks of Mary Tudor 's death . |