Example sentences of "[adj] couple of [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFTER a hectic couple of weeks the coming weekend is relatively quiet , with only the Carneddau mountain race on Saturday . |
| 2 | In the last couple of decades the scale and pace of agricultural developments , and the enormous impact they are having on the nature conservation value of the uplands , has become increasingly obvious . |
| 3 | In the last couple of decades the process has been extended to parts of the uplands . |
| 4 | For the last couple of months the Moor has had problems with a split tail and fins . |
| 5 | In the last couple of years the number of connections for fax terminals alone has doubled , and is now around a million — and that 's just in the UK . |
| 6 | In the last couple of years the pace of his advance had quickened . |
| 7 | In the past couple of years the opposition parties have become skilled at being anti-Thatcherite , consuming rich pickings from the slow collapse of Thatcherism . |
| 8 | For the next couple of days the Shah and Soraya had all their meals in the hotels public rooms . |