Example sentences of "[subord] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are the rare cases , as with the bronze and brass Etruscan statuettes described above , where a few moments spent performing a surface analysis can unequivocally solve a problem , which might have remained a stylistic conundrum for ever . |
| 2 | In the small front yard , where a few sheep could be penned for clipping , a tar costel is placed to hold the Stockholm tar . |
| 3 | In Sussex this species is largely confined to Chichester and Pagham Harbours , where a few remain to summer in many years , although totals of more than 50 are most unusual . |
| 4 | When the kite is launched on a fully paid-out line , it will soar to height where a few diligent shakes ought to detach our little friend , not forgetting the golden rule of anchoring the static line somehow so that the parachute deploys ! |
| 5 | You board the ferry at Dover early Friday afternoon , switch to the train at Calais ( where a few French francs are useful ) and reach St Anton on Saturday in time for breakfast . |
| 6 | Over the top of the pass there is a long descent through plantations and along a hillside into the fertile valley of Glen More , a quiet cultivated strath where a few farms keep their pastures in good heart , contrasting with the shaggy heights around . |
| 7 | It was as large a set as had been developed earlier for general use , except for the London area ( where a few larger sets had been installed in the 1930s and some larger sets of somewhat antiquated design were also completed by the BEA in its early years ) , There were , however , doubts about the flexibility in start-up and shut-down times for the new 60MW and other new designs , and a fortiori about more advanced designs . |
| 8 | As she grew older , she looked upon herself , tragically , defiantly , with all the hopelessness of fourteen years , as a plant trying to root itself upon the solid rock , without water , without earth , without shade : and then , when a little older yet , when conscious of some growth , she had to concede that she must have fallen happily upon some small dry sandy fissure , where a few grains of sand , a few drops of moisture , had been enough to support her trembling and tenacious life . |
| 9 | We would go down to the Seine and speak of water , boats and fish ; or we would go to the public park , where a few birds languished in an ancient aviary and the old mynah bird entertained us with a lavish range of endearments . |
| 10 | A hardy annual , it can be grown in any garden where a few patches here and there can be a delight . |
| 11 | He opened a door and I staggered gratefully into a sweet bovine warmth where a few shaggy little bullocks stood hock deep in straw . |
| 12 | Benson 's first workshop opened in 1880 at North End Road , Fulham , where a few men operated foot-powered lathes for turning metal . |
| 13 | Quiss came back to the table by way of another small , though taller , table over on the far side of the room , where a few dirty cups and cracked glasses stood in a small tin basin under a dripping tap . |
| 14 | She returned to the present , replaced the cleaned pail , the soap , the brush and the swab beside the pump in the lean-to outhouse at the back — it stood in a small soot-encrusted yard where a few fearless London sparrows frequently gathered — and returned to the house to clean the surgery . |
| 15 | I decided to go the house a few gardens away where a few pitiful meows brings some food from the woman . |
| 16 | Although the industry seems to be rallying to DCE , which is being touted as the future de facto , if not de jure , standard for creating and implementing distributed client/server applications , as Sun points out , no-one is using DCE — except a few early developers — whilst it already has some three million odd ONC licencees . |
| 17 | ‘ Except a few days ago , he sent me a ticket to New York . |
| 18 | He had a grey fringe round back and sides , although a few wisps that had once been fair or ginger were combed over the top . |
| 19 | There are many varieties of blue cheeses , most of which are produced by introducing a controlled penicillium into the paste during ripening , although a few cheeses do blue naturally . |
| 20 | Although a few years since Sunday Caddies were mentioned , they were still controversial , and in 1925 the Harpsden Parish Church of St Margaret sought to ban them under 14 years of age , so as to improve the chances of their attending Sunday School and Church . |
| 21 | The mill no longer stands although a few traces remain , near the farm . |
| 22 | As long as there is a healthy collection of lactobacilli in the vagina , conditions will be unfavourable for other micro-organisms , and , although a few such organisms may be isolated , their presence does not signify any important infection . |
| 23 | Yellow flies were most popular with Tyne trout , and the best fish I took weighed 2lb , although a few much heavier trout escaped my evil intent . |
| 24 | With November came the herring season and the boats would sail up the coast to Torbay , then back around Bigbury Bay and Plymouth , although a few boats continued to fish for pilchards from Looe throughout the Winter . |
| 25 | Although a few jobs have been lost , the workforce today is nearly 200 , whose jobs are now more secure because of automation . |
| 26 | Most companies said they used the results as research , although a few said they advised workers that they were at higher risk in certain jobs than others . |
| 27 | Although a few may take up to a week of daily feeding with the culprit food before they respond , this is probably fairly unusual . |
| 28 | In these raids there were no human casualties in any of the deaf centres , although a few deaf families were made homeless when their homes were hit . |
| 29 | Most of the vines are planted at a height of between 120 and 180 metres , although a few plots can be found at 200 to 220 metres in the northern part of the vineyard , bordering the vines of Bouzy . |
| 30 | The British Factory as such had virtually been dissolved by 1812 , although a few ‘ Select Merchants ’ continued to hold meetings under the title of ‘ The Factory ’ until 1848 . |