Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a few [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Luckily by then we had enough material — together with a few more worry lines . |
2 | The market expects a jump in profits from £3.4m to £4.2m pre-tax this year and news of further contract awards , together with a few senior management appointments , is expected soon . |
3 | But anyway , the whole problem we face now is how to do more samples because we 're only looking at intercourse in the cores of , say , a thousand or two thousand year spacing , we 've got to get down to a few hundred year spacing to really see some of the changes in climate that we know have gone on . |
4 | It applies only to a few high risk processes and is invariably achieved by means of heat . |
5 | This was concealed up to now by a few intuitive master strokes , the lucky results of risks that were in themselves unjustified , and the short-comings of our enemies . |
6 | He paid , and still looking thoughtful , escorted the young girls through the mahogany and brass revolving doors into the burgundy-coloured , upholstered , mirrored and gilded interior of Le Grand Condé , where in heaps of rosy cumulus , nymphs with come-hither looks and not a stitch on except a few blue satin ribbons frolicked between the mirrored panels on the walls and ceiling . |
7 | As far as the performance went … well , individually Macca played really well with a few lovely cross field balls . |
8 | The earliest beakers were small , and , apart from a few early hunt scenes , all the figures on the larger examples came into fashion in the third century . |
9 | Most of these teachers were undertaking courses leading to higher degrees in education offered by universities and more recently by a few public sector institutions , and in-service BEds or Diploma courses . |