Example sentences of "[num ord] few [noun] have [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The first few months had been sheer bliss . |
| 2 | What she never admitted was that in the beginning , she had been terrified of this new mode of travel and the first few miles had been passed with her eyes tightly closed and her lips moving in prayer . |
| 3 | A £20 MILLION contract which will help to safeguard about 100 jobs over the next few years has been won by GEC Ferranti of Edinburgh . |
| 4 | The single most influential neo-Marxist conceptual innovation for the analysis of development within the global system in general in the last few decades has been dependency theory , or what might be more accurately termed the dependency metatheory . |
| 5 | She 'd known John Delaney for about six months , but the last few hours had been the catalyst . |
| 6 | The last few hours had been simply hell . |
| 7 | Herbert Tracey reflected that the ‘ defeatist ’ mood of the trade unions over the last few years had been transformed . |
| 8 | Rachel Sims ( Mrs Miller ) is still serving with the Metropolitan Police Force , and for the last few years had been at the rank of inspector , until recently holding the post of Staff Officer to the Deputy Assistant Commissioner in charge of the North West London . |
| 9 | The last few years have been depressing for those of us trying to move house . |
| 10 | The last few years have been stressful for teacher education , for it has not only experienced the constant need for self- defence of higher education generally , but also special pressures from the Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education ( CATE ) , set up in 1984 , and the new funding arrangements for in-service education started in 1986 ( which effectively wiped out the source of student funding for most full-time award-bearing courses ) . |
| 11 | Others are saying , a lot of them for the last few years have been saying , this is ridiculous . |
| 12 | Farms that have ceased to exist in the last few years have been Osentons ( or Clinkham Farm ) , Whitings , Clements and Flint House . |
| 13 | Also many of the ESRC Initiatives in the last few years have been able to disseminate their initial findings and results through the Seminar Group . |
| 14 | The last few years have been rocky for the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate . |
| 15 | But these last few years have been a potent reminder of what the union movement was originally about in terms of ensuring just reward for work , and enlightened protection for workforces . |
| 16 | Yet the advances in multiple sclerosis in the last few years have been very encouraging . |
| 17 | All of this and he 's not even recovering from any broken bones ( Ben 's specialty over the last few years has been to break a bone and then come back and do or repeat the world 's hardest route ! ) |
| 18 | ‘ One of my problems over the last few years has been that I 'm amazingly optimistic — really stupid in fact ! |
| 19 | An exciting development in the women 's movement over the last few years has been an attempt by feminists to organise together around housing issues and to develop a feminist analysis of how the organisation of housing in Britain specifically affects women . |
| 20 | However , India produces some very good quality rugs , particularly in Kashmir , and the trend over the last few years has been towards finer and finer items . |
| 21 | The most significant growth area for Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop in the last few years has been in calendars . |
| 22 | One of the most significant changes within the Bank of England during the last few years has been the improvement in arrangements for supervising the banking system . |
| 23 | The house price collapse of the last few years has been a terrible dose of cold turkey for the home owning classes , but has it been a long enough agony to drive out the idea that there 's something inherently beneficial about rising house prices . |
| 24 | Perhaps one of the most important developments of the last few years has been a steady but widespread trend towards protectionism . |
| 25 | She might only lose her temper about once every five years , but when she lost it , boy , did she lose it , and events these last few days had been urging her dangerously near to boiling-point . |
| 26 | ‘ Still , the last few days 've been all right . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It is true that the last few days have been hard , ’ he confessed quietly , sliding his arm along Caroline 's taut shoulders , ‘ but tonight I will look after her . |
| 28 | The last few days have been dreadful . |
| 29 | ‘ I should have phoned but the last few days have been so hectic that I did n't have time , ’ Claudia said as she gave Myra a brief account of finding Dana . |
| 30 | The last few days have been the worst of my life so far . |