Example sentences of "at a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a few selected points , the particles crash together head-on , generating energy of an intensity matched only by the first moments of the explosion physicists believe created the universe . |
| 2 | This was a currency reform , by which 50- and 100-rouble banknotes stopped , at a few hours ' notice , being legal tender . |
| 3 | Our discussion this time will restrict itself much more to the two chosen passages , and will need only to take a brief look at a few details of the narratives leading up to them , and at the stories that immediately follow them . |
| 4 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |
| 5 | To get a better idea of all the options you take a look at a few good catalogues , such as tat from Bressingham Gardens , Diss , Norfolk IP22 2AB . |
| 6 | This was a difficulty which Mrs Thatcher , though far more able , intelligent and industrious than Kinnock , failed except at a few critical moments , to surmount . |
| 7 | In the Tertiary period , weathering produced a deep regolith ( Fitzpatrick , 1963 ) , the remnants of which exist in the Outer Hebrides at a few sites protected from severe glacial erosion ( Glentworth , 1979 ) . |
| 8 | Let's leave that problem , though , and look at a few of the more important kinds of places in which eruptions occur , relative to a preexisting volcano . |
| 9 | Finally there may be a role for either haemodialysis or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis , and cadaveric renal transplantation must not be forgotten , although assessment for such treatment can only be undertaken at a few specialist centres . |
| 10 | The list of honorary and corresponding members included gentlemen living in 30 English counties , and at a few places in Scotland and Wales . |
| 11 | The first machines looked at a few dozen positions a second ; the more recent , 1200–1500 a second . |
| 12 | Elephant and large antelope bones have been found at a few African hominid sites , dated at nearly two million years . |
| 13 | This technology allows us to produce particle beams with enormous power ( up to a million amps at a few million volts ) but very short duration , typically one ten-millionth of a second . |
| 14 | The most practical source of such radiation has been synchrotron radiation , which is of limited spectral purity and is available only at a few facilities . |
| 15 | Judith Bailey 's firm , clear beat led perhaps to an unduly deliberate tempo and heaviness of phrasing in the first movement of Beethoven 's Emperor Concerto and narrowly missed coinciding with the soloist at a few important junctions . |
| 16 | Firstly , look at a few maps of zodiacs already published to get a feeling for them . |
| 17 | I peered at a few of them , identifying Filmer and Daffodil 's Laurentide Ice as a light grey colt with brittle-looking bones , the Lorrimores ' Voting Right as an unremarkable bay , and the Youngs ' Sparrowgrass as a bright chestnut with a white star and sock . |
| 18 | Only in towns and at a few other places could trains going in opposite directions pass . |
| 19 | The cyclists carried a letter of introduction from Bishop Brewer which helped them secure accommodation at a few churches along the way , including the Cathedrals at Assisi and Chartres . |
| 20 | Julie Godwin , pictured above with Sophie at a few months old , was raped and killed with her holiday pal Elizabeth Over as the pair sunbathed on a beach in South Africa . |
| 21 | Premiums start at a few hundred pounds for an indemnity limit of £100,000 and rise to tens of thousands for larger international charities . |
| 22 | Pigs are particularly rare at a few settlements . |
| 23 | And then the last item on the NOTES pages of Curve 's itinerary comes back to me : ‘ At a few shows , mainly the universities , alcohol is going to be a problem ’ . |
| 24 | In the following sections , I shall look at a few examples of each type of problem with some illustrations from my own work . |
| 25 | In some regions , the cable is split into several parallel strands , and at a few points around the margin ( typically two or three ) the continuity of the cable is broken , the actin distribution appears disorderly , and the wound front is irregular rather than smoothly curved ; some of these discontinuities may represent sites of stronger attachment to the substratum . |
| 26 | ‘ Witty , satirical , sketch-like poems on society which also hit hard at a few home truths … |
| 27 | In this way , one of the best Home Secretaries of the post-war era was abruptly removed from the Home Office at a few hours notice , leaving behind a collection of unfinished artefacts to be completed by other hands . |
| 28 | When Hazel and Fiver reached the floor of the hollow they found Blackberry waiting for them , crouching on the peat arid nibbling at a few brown stalks of sedge-grass . |
| 29 | A second night jar started up at a few yards distant . |
| 30 | Before going on to consider more problematic aspects of semantic constituency , let us look at a few more examples of the recurrent semantic contrast test in action . |