Example sentences of "[adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an historic few days , Australian Rugby sanctions against South Africa were lifted , an invitation for the Wallabies to tour the Republic in August was issued and accepted and the heavyweight unions from Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and Argentina agreed to combine their collective muscle and form the Southern Hemisphere Rugby Alliance . |
| 2 | It 's been a very trying few days . |
| 3 | And spokesman Trevor East admitted : ‘ It 's been a trying few days for us and we are very disappointed to miss out again . |
| 4 | The boys headed for the tea-table , not quite hurrying , with the two umpires strolling behind and a frigid few paces apart . |
| 5 | In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill . |
| 6 | She spent a pleasant few minutes thinking of her small business where she designed and made exclusive wedding gowns for a rapidly growing circle of customers , but Dana 's early-morning phone call refused to be dismissed . |
| 7 | National Railway Museum Curator of Operations Ray Towell , who has been with ‘ City of Truro ’ during most of the current tour , commented : ‘ It 's been a hectic and very pleasant few weeks to date but the welcome we 've had everywhere has been magnificent . |
| 8 | To be accepted as member there really would cap a memorable few years . |
| 9 | She bought some postcards , and an illustrated book on the bastides of the Dordogne from the local newsagent , and spent a mouth-watering few moments coveting the strawberry , peach and raspberry tarts displayed in a pâtisserie window . |
| 10 | It is a completely unfounded fear , but even if there were the odd few cases of people refusing to rent out a room in their home because , in their ignorance , they felt that , as landlords , they would be penalised , are we seriously to argue that we should deny the discount to the other 7 million people ? |
| 11 | The odd few pounds yes . |
| 12 | All Dave 's flavours were done apart from the odd few extras , |
| 13 | And I I got right few bollockings . |
| 14 | She blinked twice , taking the risk of missing the right few seconds while her eyes were shut . |
| 15 | You can find out before anyone else who it is that 's in trouble over rates or who 's in debt or who 's emigrating , so that you can get in first and grab their paltry few acres . |
| 16 | They spent an emotional few moments in his third-floor room . |
| 17 | Mind you , I am under few illusions : it is probably boredom in the short-term few months job I have found , and worry as it is , in real terms , a lot less than half my old salary . |
| 18 | Nearing the concluding few scenes , Mark Antony provides a remarkably relevant passage showing just how things are not as they first seem to be . |
| 19 | It had made for a lively few hours but now that they 'd gone the place seemed oddly , unnaturally quiet again . |
| 20 | Instructions are required to jump to a specified store location conditional on the value in the top element of the stack ( which may be removed by the jump instruction ) ; an example is Jump to location A if top of stack is positive On the KDF9 computer various stack manipulation instructions were provided , such as to duplicate or erase the top element or to rearrange the top few elements . |
| 21 | Never be tempted to dig so deep that you bring up raw clay , but work assiduously on the top few inches only , gradually improving the soil deeper each year . |
| 22 | Working quantities of organic material into the top few inches will markedly improve some plants ' performance . |
| 23 | It was lightly teased into the top few inches of soil , after rain , to top up the fertility and to ensure that there are banked reserves to see crops through their long winter haul . |
| 24 | Eventually the snow was so deep that it filled in all the fields with only the top few inches of the wall sticking out . |
| 25 | yeah and you should turn the top few inches over and there was what he called the |
| 26 | A typical microcomputer system therefore consists of a microprocessor chip , one or more ROM chips , one or more RAM chips ( to hold variable data ) , and a further chip to decode the top few bits of the 16-bit address coming from the microprocessor , in order to direct it to the appropriate store chip . |
| 27 | Persistent surface weedkillers remain active in the top few centimetres of the soil , killing new weeds as they germinate , yet they do not harm most established roses , shrubs and trees , whose roots are well below the surface . |
| 28 | For example , there is enough material in a glass of water to run a car for ten years , enough in the top few centimetres of Lake Erie to power New York State for a similar time and enough in the oceans to keep us going indefinitely . |
| 29 | Attaching carpet piercing spikes to the base , and making sure the system pierces the top few millimetres of wood below the carpet adds further to security . |
| 30 | Though still dressed , he had removed his jacket and tie , and the top few buttons of his shirt were undone . |