Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a few [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
2 | The first is to design and construct local services for the majority of mentally disordered people who live in their own homes and who may use mental health services for only a few weeks every few years . |
3 | There is even a special plan which enables you to insure your repayments — in case of illness , an accident or redundancy — for just a few pounds a month . |
4 | The completed portraits now hang in the Quaderia dell'Ospedale Maggiore , and can be seen on occasions , for just a few weeks every other year as a rule . |
5 | Within only a few years the company was exporting its products to central Europe , Russia and the US . |
6 | In only a few moments the sheets , the bedding , all drenched . |
7 | In just a few cases the bonds that lie behind these transactions have survived , which show how his loans were arranged and secured . |
8 | In just a few days the centre will be a hive of activity . |
9 | The early response has not been enthusiastic , though aides insisted yesterday that for many households the new tax bills would amount to only a few dollars a month . |
10 | DOZENS more East German refugees arrived outside the West German embassy yesterday seeking asylum and passage to the West , including some who missed by only a few minutes a train that took more than 800 of their compatriots to West Germany . |