Example sentences of "few [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 2 | Recognized by few states apart from Japan , Germany and Italy , it was a colony in all but name , with real power exercised by Japanese administrators ultimately responsible to the commander of the Guandong Army . |
| 3 | And when they tied up at Water Gypsy 's permanent moorings , he gathered his few possessions together and left with only the most perfunctory of farewells . |
| 4 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 5 | A few sheep still grazed there . |
| 6 | Stentorian and off-key , the few opponents dutifully raised their chorus . |
| 7 | Those who missed it should start putting a few pennies away each week from now on and book the second weekend in September in their advance diaries , so that they have no excuse to miss Keele 1994 . |
| 8 | There were a few houses here and there , some clearly centuries old , their stones weathered to a cream , and pale sand , dark shutters closed against the power of the south-western sun . |
| 9 | The grandparent could have been living a few houses away . |
| 10 | In fact , a V-2 rocket landed a few houses away from ours . |
| 11 | it 's Discount , there 's a few houses then there 's a gateway , back entrance into school . |
| 12 | No-one was hurt in the blast as there are few houses nearby . |
| 13 | A neighbourly area with at least a few houses nearby will not only give company and a better community feeling but also add to security and safety . |
| 14 | Her measures are simpler [ than Clare 's ] and she appears not to think of anything more audacious than writing a few forms skilfully and with point . |
| 15 | Few TVs now use this frequency but the government has yet to announce the end of 405-line TV . |
| 16 | Dyson-Hudson ( 1984 ) has also commented that since c. 1970 the equivalent of $US600 million has been given as development funds to Africa 's rangelands but has brought few rewards as far as more efficient and productive pastoralism is concerned . |
| 17 | Then from the French trenches were to be seen streaming back to our lines , first a few prisoners here and there , then more and more , and at last whole columns of them ; I breathed freely once more ! |
| 18 | Anybody wants some copies I have a few copies here . |
| 19 | Few copies ever reached the streets : it seems that most copies were seized . |
| 20 | Whether the crack is forced open by a wedge , such as a nail or a chisel , or whether it is opened by a remotely applied tensile stress or bending load affects the general stress distribution in the whole body of the material very greatly , but , as far as the region sensitive to fracture is concerned , that is the area a few molecules wide in the region of the tip , the stress pattern is identical . |
| 21 | Only a few molecules thick , how did they build in so much padding ? |
| 22 | Perhaps the most famous incumbent of Stanton Lacy is poor Robert Foulkes , who was one of the very few clergymen ever to have been executed for murder . |
| 23 | They have a few artists now and then . ’ |
| 24 | Critics noticed that he was one of the few artists genuinely enthusiastic about new talent . |
| 25 | We 'll try it a few times just to put it all into practice . |
| 26 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
| 27 | Tension in the neck and shoulders can be eased by circling the shoulders up and around a few times backwards and forwards and by circling your head slowly down to your chest and then up so that your neck is stretched with your chin in the air . |
| 28 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 29 | ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since . |
| 30 | He had only kissed her a few times before , yet his taste was as familiar as the beat of his heart beneath her hand as she clutched his shirt . |