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

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1 I decided to put pen to paper and let you know of a few problems some of us have in trying to become machine knitters .
2 In fact , with the exception of a few critics such as Lytton Strachey who noticed ‘ the melancholy of regretful recollection , of bitter speculation , of immortal longings unsatisfied ’ , the poems of 1912–13 attracted little attention .
3 For a few dogs such as Sombro , the drives of adolescence persist into adulthood and while the dog can be okay while fit and young , life can get increasingly tough as they get older .
4 Capital letters : Use these only for proper names and for a few dignitaries such as Her Majesty the Queen , Prime Minister , Archbishop and Field Marshal .
5 Domestic policy he tended , with a few exceptions such as social security ( where he would reprise his old refrain about the law of averages coming to the rescue of the millions ) , to regard largely as a matter of ‘ drains ’ .
6 Within a few years most of its nominal 100 ships of the line were unfit for sea , although by 1770 a new conflict with Spain over the Falkland Islands seemed likely .
7 Within a few days most of the patrols had either been killed or captured and the enemy occupied their rendezvous at Bir Fascia .
8 The majority of these early volunteers were ex-service men , some with experience of World War I and within a few weeks many of us teenagers barely sixteen jointed the unit .
9 Further , in a few cases such as Lepisma ( Sulc , 1927 ) and Hemidoecus ( Evans , 1939 ) the paranotal expansions are supplied with tracheae arranged in a pattern somewhat similar to that in developing wing-pads ( Fig. 40 ) .
10 In a few cases such as at Cuxton and Snodland , the positions of the churches do correspond with the remains of large Roman Villas .
11 These range from small increases in weak acute phase proteins such as C3 complement , and a two to fourfold rise in proteins such as α 1 -acid glycoprotein ( serum orosomucoid for the traditionalist ) , fibrinogen , and α 1 -antitrypsin , to spectacular rises in a few proteins such as CRP and amyloid A-associated protein .
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