Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no political aims and did not lead a faction , although he sought lesser posts for a few clients . |
| 2 | Indeed , it is possible to obtain organic oils from a few suppliers ( see page 131 ) , but these essences are considerably more expensive than those from plants grown with chemical fertilizers and sprayed with non-organic pesticides . |
| 3 | She tried low-calorie diets for a few week . |
| 4 | Triple tests for ammonia , nitrite and nitrate have revealed startling fluctuations over a few days . |
| 5 | Alan 's already had initial discussions with a few of us and with Graham about what the next stage should be erm but that 's really not been finalized yet . |
| 6 | That way it might be easier to match relative velocities for a few seconds . |
| 7 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |
| 8 | The dawn phenomenon — rising blood glucose due to an increased insulin requirement in the early morning — is seen in most diabetics and presents practical problems in a few ( Bolli & Gerich , 1984 , Editorial , 1984 ) . |
| 9 | Those outside the card-playing school viewed her suspiciously because she seemed to get embarrassing crushes on a few of her colleagues . |
| 10 | However , whereas years of training and practice were usually needed to master the many and complex skills of recombinant DNA technology , the complete beginner can start to perform polymerase chain reaction experiments and generate meaningful results within a few days at most — hence the explosion of activity . |
| 11 | The deaf in Exeter occupied temporary premises for a few weeks , before settling into another building near the centre of the town , but not for very long . |
| 12 | Their approach was to run a business similar to a small City firm of solicitors , maintaining close relationships with a few senior people for whom they would provide a personal service and gain good repeat business . |
| 13 | Alistair hoped to impress Hazel with his growing ease in this milieu ( and managed to exchange wary leers with a few shambling , half-familiar figures — fellow screenplay writers , knowers , seekers ) . |
| 14 | It provides outside parties with a few limited details on the borrower , loan size , term , currency , syndicate leader and participating banks ( see specimen tombstone at the end of this chapter ) . |