Example sentences of "few hundred [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the furore which surrounded the release of a few hundred tonnes of intervention beef in England — an amount equivalent to less than a tenth of one per cent of the mountain — suggests the idea of simply selling beef cheaply to the European consumers who paid for it would be a difficult option . |
| 2 | The first few hundred hours of thought made me regret my bet ; but the second couple of thousand convinced me that I 'd played it right . |
| 3 | As Pavel stepped out onto the asphalt , he could see the take off of a Cathay Pacific 747 through the chainlink and across a few hundred feet of grass ; it seemed shockingly , dangerously close , and he turned his face away to look toward the main building . |
| 4 | In England and Wales we are singularly placed to appreciate the relationship of scenery and structure , for few other parts of the earth 's surface show in a similar small area so great a diversity of rock types and of landscape features : " Britain is a world by itself " ; its mountains are not high , nor its rivers long , but within a few hundred miles of travel from east to west one may see more varieties of scenery than are to be found in many bigger countries . |
| 5 | For some of the people who live here this recent trade boom has meant new found wealth … and young people enjoy the fruits of industry like any of their European counterparts … on the few hundred yards of coastline yet to be swallowed up by industry . |
| 6 | ‘ Beyond this tower there is a garden laid out in the French style — some herb banks , a small rabbit warren , and a few hundred bushes of boxwood . ’ |
| 7 | In local studies , for instance , there is a local church , particularly if it is a fairly old village church with a few hundred years of history behind it . |
| 8 | A few hundred years of respectability and the attitude was hardening . |