Example sentences of "[prep] a few [adj] [noun pl] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the majority of the villages occupied during the sieges of Newark , there are traces of the earthworks thrown up by the besiegers , most consisting of a few eroded banks or ditches . ’ |
| 2 | How long before ample-bottomed builders find themselves behind bars for a few ill-chosen words or a misplaced calendar ? |
| 3 | This is a no-fuss back-up system for a few individual users or for smallish networks . |
| 4 | So is this just with a few major accounts or |
| 5 | After suitable lengthy training for the sacrifice , these psykers would be consumed within a few scant weeks or months , drained of their spirits till they died . |
| 6 | We have seen accomplished within a few brief months or years reforms to which we should have assigned , not decades , but generations . |
| 7 | Thirteen were recorded as not using an intelligence test as a determinant , though some of these used one in a few individual cases or as a qualifier . |
| 8 | Perhaps , as ATP 's Weller Evans suggests , trying out a ‘ no let ’ rule in a few special matches or even among juniors might be worthwhile — a simple , sensible case of do n't knock it until you 've tried it . |