Example sentences of "a few [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are aiming not at the elaboration of a few but at the erection of many temples or houses of our Lord ’ and therefore ‘ cheapness in the construction of each is indispensable to success ’ and Gothic chapels need not be expensive . |
| 2 | Now there are just a few but they are large modern deep-sea trawlers , with more comfortable quarters — and some can freeze the fish at sea off Iceland , Canada or Norway . |
| 3 | You get a few but not our bit , it 's actually more at the picking now where all the young ones are . |
| 4 | Of the attempts to provide writers with a PC-based style analyser , standard commercial channels proffer a few but their cost may be considered inordinate for such a duty and so one looks to shareware offerings because they are frequently better buys . |
| 5 | Er , yeah a few but not too many . |
| 6 | oh , well I erm , I did do a few but I 've used most of mine up I think , I can look in the freezer to see if there 's any there , but I do n't think there is |
| 7 | A few but not as many as he 's got , not as many as he 's got |
| 8 | Windsor Davies has appeared in a few but he 's er not one of the regular ones . |
| 9 | ’ So they romanced for a time , whispering on the edge of sleep , until a noise of footsteps , first a few and then large numbers , came from the road outside . |
| 10 | I step on a few and watch them crack in the middle like a sheet of glass . |
| 11 | The beetle emerges in June or August via a few and scattered flight holes about 6–12mm ( 1/4–1/2in ) long which inadequately represent the true extent of the unseen damage . |
| 12 | In case we do have a hard winter however , it might be worth potting up a few and over-wintering them , if you have n't already saved some of last year 's generously produced and well-ripened seed . |
| 13 | ‘ By the fifth decade of the nineteenth century the Industrial Revolution had completely dislocated the traditional structure of English society , bringing riches to a few and misery to the many . |
| 14 | I fingered a few and then picked out a shiny foil bag that folded neatly down into a tiny pack . |
| 15 | What environmentalists are saying is that change should not be made for the benefit of a few and to the detriment of many . |
| 16 | Choose from a colourful array of mango , star fruit , kiwi and raspberries , to name but a few and add a sprinkling of Sweetex to bring out the full flavour , or use it in recipes for a sweet taste without the calories . |
| 17 | People are bound to miss Gary Lineker but successors like me must score a few and establish reputations of their own . ’ |
| 18 | A range of different colours , shapes , thicknesses and varieties of condoms are available — try a few and find out what suits you best . |
| 19 | We put on a few and I knew I was finishing , so I thought I would try to go out with a bang by breaking the pavilion window in the Long Room . |
| 20 | So if anyone 's interested in going on that , get in touch with me or Dave , we 'll erm , say we do n't need to many but I think we can take a few and we will take our petition with us on that one , the animal petition . |
| 21 | These difficulties were the source of much of the conflict among philanthropists , between those who preferred to give thorough-going help to a few and those who believed that the scale of destitution was such that wholesale relief was necessary at least in times of high unemployment , to palliate serious destitution and to prevent social disorder . |
| 22 | To the extent that there is an elision in the terms of debate , and the concept of postmodern arrangements is aligned only with a ‘ free ’ labour market variant of organizational forms , which actually means freedom for a few and restriction to much more repressive conditions for the many , then the terms of debate and choice are unnecessarily restricted . |
| 23 | Yeah the the graphs it 's just a question of doing a few and getting the feel of it and then we 'll . |
| 24 | Tentatively she tried a few and then , with something like exasperation , chose heavy bangles , a choker with ruby-red stones and matching pendant earrings . |
| 25 | Shocked and incredulous , Buzz could say nothing more , but as the limousine glided on , she remembered a great deal : the teashop outings in Earls Court when Edward was little , comforting Nell , time after time , when Billy had had a few and behaved badly . |
| 26 | Well , Wayne is very gullible when he 's had a few and when you , Leslie , told him he was going to be a football star , it went to his head and he happily paid you the £10 signing-on fee . |
| 27 | Oh there was quite a few and then on the other side there was er , the old reading room where the erm er , building society is it now , what 's there ? |
| 28 | And we 're booked up to go and see Cats in January , oh we 've quite a few and then like , there actually spooling 's quite good at organizing for er charity . |
| 29 | In the end George ate all of his , but Libby faithfully saved a few and wrapped them in a paper bag . |
| 30 | I know him , he 's a mate , probably just had a few and he 's sleeping it off . |