Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The V&A , we are told , set aside 50 per cent of its objects are required within a few years of their manufacture . |
| 2 | During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries . |
| 3 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 4 | The 5 cm long trunk is composed of a few , very large plates which have a tuberculate ornament . |
| 5 | One senses a rush of creative warmth as this lonely rapt figure is conjured in a few sentences . |
| 6 | Despite many brands and designs , skiing hardware companies are owned by a few umbrella companies . |
| 7 | Sands and gravels deposited by water flowing from the melting glaciers are restricted to a few localities and there are no major raised beach deposits resulting from sea level changes relative to the land surface . |
| 8 | Cannons are dangerous if sometimes unpredictable weapons whose manufacture is limited to a few groups of human and Dwarf experts . |
| 9 | The evidence for arguing that newspaper — and media — ownership is concentrated in a few hands is fairly abundant ( see Table 4.2 ) but this does not , of itself , provide material for analysing the extent to which ‘ this potential for control is actually realized in practice , how exactly it operates and in whose ultimate interest ( it is ) … ’ . |
| 10 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |
| 11 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 12 | A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month . |
| 13 | One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing . |
| 14 | Eventually , as the lunchtime crowds subsided officewards and the pub was left to a few loud tourists , they found a quiet corner and sat down with their drinks . |
| 15 | Its equipment was removed within a few years and , by the late 1920s , it had become home to the Belvedere Upholstery Company , operated by the Tyler family . |
| 16 | This alleyway was shut for a few months and we Hello . |
| 17 | The effect was electric : the girl was released within a few days ; the man remained in jail and in fact served a very long sentence . |
| 18 | Wooden cocktail sticks and skewers are used in a few of the cakes in this book for propping up , for securing and also for decorative items such as flagpoles . |
| 19 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
| 20 | The wood was added to the aquarium and a few strategically placed plastic plants were added with a few well-rounded , safe , large pebbles . |
| 21 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
| 22 | In the same year 20 per cent of the population was concentrated in a few metropolitan areas each with a population of over half a million . |
| 23 | Suddenly he is more relaxed and confident and those horrible little worms of self-doubt which are perpetually burrowing away in a golfer 's head are banished for a few holes , anyway . |
| 24 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 25 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
| 26 | Special adaptation is required in a few species to fit breeding cycles into the polar year . |
| 27 | Where a slight flow of water is guaranteed for a few days , for example in crevices and gullies that conduct snow-melt trickles , mosses gather among the lichens . |
| 28 | If the outrage is confined to a few then the chances of success are small . |
| 29 | They are much more risky , tending to be highly volatile — rising quickly but often falling faster , indeed sometimes trading is suspended for a few days so you are locked in until trading resumes usually at a much lower level . |
| 30 | The possibility of a title going ‘ out of print ’ if selection decisions are delayed must also be considered — though this is unlikely if orders are placed within a few months of publication . |