Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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31 This took no longer than a couple of seconds to see and understand , a near-abstract image accompanied by a few words .
32 All additions concentrated in a few areas This can occur when , for example , recruitment campaigns for customers have taken place in a limited area , or a competitor has gone out of business .
33 Cases of equal numbers of additions to each area and all additions concentrated in a few areas are depicted schematically in Fig. 7.9 .
34 Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic .
35 Innsbruck , the famous Olympic ski resort is another excursion where you have a fascinating guided coach tour of the city followed by a few hours to explore for yourselves .
36 It shows that the total cost was to be 11650 and that a Grant of £300 had been received from a private Debt Extinction Fund subscribed by a few individuals to assist poor congregations .
37 Between 1974 and 1979 I had become concerned with the number of investigations conducted in a few States where , despite representations from properly appointed accredited representatives , the findings in the final reports were clearly less than satisfactory .
38 All are strongly seasonal , with activity limited to a few days or weeks in summer .
39 The new ruling was a financial consideration to prevent ratepayers from , in effect , subsiding replays played within a few days of the original game .
40 Instead of a series of national financial systems linked by a few operators buying and selling credit across the exchanges , we now have a global system , in which national markets , physically separate , function as if they were all in the same place .
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