Example sentences of "as a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whether his artistic life was , as a few think , exemplary , or , as rather more think , a fearsomely cautionary fable , it is at all events a matter of some solemnity , and the amused weariness of we-have-heard-it-all-before will not serve in 1985 as it did in 1920 or 1940 or even , scandalously , as late as fifteen years ago . |
| 2 | Kádár was fairly liberal in that respect , so long as a few taboos were respected , especially the role of the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | But market research is concerned not only with measurement of consumption : some of the industry 's most striking successes ( as well as a few flops ) have been about prediction . |
| 4 | Roget 's Thesaurus offers many approximations to the word ‘ fine ’ , as well as a few phrases in the connexion . |
| 5 | The blast wave of a supernova is capable of ionising , or even sweeping clear , the neutral gas from a region as large as a few hundred light years across . |
| 6 | It would appear that differences between action and control samples are masked by the fact that the action samples contain people who need little or no input from the Home Support Project in order to remain at home , as well as a few for whom that input is crucial . |
| 7 | Unscrupulous bird exporters do n't care : they simply catch more birds , and as long as a few per cage survive , they are still in profit . |
| 8 | Ambient air samples from 50 locations , up to 1000 feet away , are continuously analysed for up to 25 different chemical compounds chosen by the user , at concentrations as low as a few ppb . |
| 9 | Unlike so many manufacturers who are inclined to say ‘ this is our aircraft , come and get it , ’ DHC wisely began their design process by polling over eighty bush operators throughout their diverse country , as well as a few in other climes , to see exactly what they wanted . |
| 10 | If the hole is a shallow one , it could be as little as a few inches beneath the surface . |
| 11 | This gives a jumble of echoes that will sometimes persist for as much as a few seconds after the original sound has ceased . |
| 12 | Whether it is something as special as a wedding bouquet or as simple as a few flowers gathered on a picnic outing together , knowing where and when the flowers were picked or used adds a great deal to the meaning of the picture , and the recipient will be very touched at your thoughtful and generous gesture . |
| 13 | In the case of the breeding tank , undergravel filters have been found to be more than adequate in most situations as long as a few basic concepts are followed . |
| 14 | But the solution is not , as a few modern Luddites have suggested , the curtailment of science itself , including sociobiology and the social sciences . |
| 15 | Even in a larger group , so long as a few actors stand to benefit disproportionately from the group 's success , then it may be worth their while to bear the costs of collective action , although less-involved people will free-ride . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's absolutely superb ’ , he says , as a few fat raindrops are brushed imperiously from the windscreen . |
| 17 | However , complete accuracy is not important , as a few years either way make little difference to its value or collectability ; placing it in the right quarter of the appropriate century will nearly always suffice . |
| 18 | So far as the desktop publisher is concerned there are many packages that can share data without any form of translation being required as well as a few that need some gentle tweaking . |
| 19 | The Algarve coastline has many beautiful beaches and covers that are well-worth searching for modern losses , as well as a few older Portuguese coins and the occasional ring . |
| 20 | ’ Then just think of it , ’ she said with a superior smile , ’ as a few days extra for you to go on pulping your brain with galacvid garbage . ’ |
| 21 | That might work with the philosophe who put together the doctrine in the first place but it is unlikely to work with a follower who is able to live with all sons of inconsistencies so long as a few slogans can be repeated again and again . |
| 22 | Wealthy ladies , doing a little charitable slumming , as well as a few shopkeepers ' wives , bought the pretty baby clothes , and the doll she had dressed went for a fabulous price , to be given to some little girl more fortunate than those for whom the money was being raised . |
| 23 | Worries can be forgotten this season , as long as a few simple guidelines are followed . |
| 24 | ‘ There are a number of high quality players at the university who are playing with other club sides , as well as a few players returning to the province , ’ he said . |
| 25 | All of the Fortune 500 corporations do not have the same economic impact on the United States , for example , as a few copper TNCs have had on Chile , or fruit companies on Central America or mining corporations on Southern Africa . |
| 26 | It was almost invariably the same : halfway through any case Morse would be off on some improbable and complicated line of thought which would be just as readily abandoned as soon as a few more facts emerged . |
| 27 | They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) . |
| 28 | Most of us are UK&Ireland based , but there 's a good few from the US , and others in Switzerland , Denmark , Canada , Germany , and ( I think ) Israel , as well as a few in exotic-looking places I ca n't identify . |