Example sentences of "[adv] a few [noun pl] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a few hours drive from Glasgow to a world of serenity and tranquillity . |
| 2 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |
| 3 | Dunstaffnage House is set in an acre of pretty garden with wonderful views across the open land to the Cairngorms , yet only a few minutes drive from the centre of Grantown . |
| 4 | From our site in Old College it is only a few minutes walk to Parliament House , where the highest criminal and civil courts in Scotland sit , and to the local Sheriff and district court . |
| 5 | Only a few minutes walk off main shopping centre , sea front , Conference Centre , cinemas and theatre . |
| 6 | Situated only 60 metres from the International Drive resort centre , the Famous Host International is only a few minutes walk from a great selection of restaurants , bars , and general hub that Orlando has to offer . |
| 7 | There is a generous provision for car and coach parking and the centre is only a few minutes walk from the train and bus stations . |
| 8 | Situated on its own private beach in Mazzaro Bay , this deluxe hotel is only a few minutes walk from the cable-car to Taormina . |
| 9 | The hotel enjoys a central position in Alba Adriatica at the end of the promenade and is therefore convenient for the small shopping area , only a few minutes walk from the sandy beach with changing cabins . |
| 10 | On the face of it , the Friend 3 seems the model least likely to benefit from flexibility — the thick stem interferes little with the working of the cams , both designs have the same strength rating and there 's only a few grams difference in weight between them . |
| 11 | The door — which I had to unlock — is only a few steps down-spiral from the turret , so I shall be visiting often . |
| 12 | And I do n't think , if you can just see small areas of vessel stains , this has a erm only a few vessels present within the solid tumour . |
| 13 | As a result , erm , prices wo n't be quite as volatile as they are in the opposite case , alright , when the world market , and virtually nobody , let's assume that virtually nobody uses the world market to trade in , they 've all got their own agricultural policies , right , just a few countries trade in the world market , it only takes erm , a , a sort of poor harvest , or a very good harvest in any one of these erm , er , sort of protected countries , in order to get rid of this output , they 'll put it on the world market . |
| 14 | Mini-golf : There are good courses just a few minutes walk from the village centre . |
| 15 | Situated in a quiet position , this modern style pension is just a few minutes walk from the centre of Going . |
| 16 | Just a few minutes walk from town centre & beach . |
| 17 | The Seychelles lie in the middle of the Indian Ocean , just a few degrees south of the equator . |
| 18 | Just a few yards north of the inn is a farm that serves teas in the summer . |
| 19 | Just a few miles west in the grounds of Nuneham Conference Park stands another folly which has ended up in an unexpected place . |
| 20 | When south of the Mandovi , I stayed in the simpler Prainha Cottages , just a few miles south of Panjim ( Prainha , Dona Paula , tel : 8325917 ) . |
| 21 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 22 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 23 | They were in Carlisle , just a few miles south of the Scottish-English border . |
| 24 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 25 | One such hamlet is Somersby , in the heart of the wolds , just a few miles east of the market town of Horncastle . |
| 26 | By storing up a few milliseconds worth of message and then pumping it out in a splurge , several digital phones can operate over a channel that would accommodate only a single analogue one : they merely send out their bursts at different times . |
| 27 | I assumed you 'd want to know that wreckage of a dinghy was washed up a few miles north of here on the Welsh coast last night . |
| 28 | Even a few microns difference in the size of a component can cost valuable minutes on the production line as machines are re-set . |
| 29 | Then they 'll now go into a maths lesson let's go into this , they 're gon na perhaps do that eight times , then they 're gon na get a breather , then a few days time after that the form teacher 's saying right , let's do it again and summarise it , I think it 's too much ! |