Example sentences of "[be] a few [noun pl] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competitively , snooker has until the last few years been confined to Britain and its old Commonwealth , but there have always been a few tables in the Far East , catering for the needs of expats . |
| 2 | Maybe that 's one reason why this show has been a few years in the making . |
| 3 | But recently , including today 's CBI distributive trades survey , there have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things really might be getting a little better . |
| 4 | Young Charles is one of several up and coming teenagers in the Halkyn team along with Gareth Jacobs and Gareth Thomas , while there are a few others in the second eleven hoping for a first team chance . |
| 5 | There are a few planets in the evening sky , though . |
| 6 | There are a few surprises in the music itself , no neglected giants waiting to be discovered ( not , at least , on the strength of the music recorded here ) . |
| 7 | The sale is creating a lot of interest with people who want a bargin , even though there are a few skeletons in the cupboard . |
| 8 | But there are a few exceptions in the seed-eating species like finches and buntings . |
| 9 | There are a few places in the States , but there 's no federal policy to get them organised on a big-money basis and all the little local pressure groups keep them harassed and staying small . |
| 10 | Ethnic differences are so striking that they are described separately in Chapter 12 , although there are a few references in the text below . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's going to be a lot of fun and there will be a few surprises in the interval , ’ he says . |
| 12 | The temperature will only rise a little this afternoon — we can expect around nine or ten degrees celsius , that 's about forty eight fahrenheit , but there will be a few spots in the east that will get a degree or two higher . |
| 13 | There were a few discrepancies in the results . |
| 14 | If we were lucky , there were a few minutes in the evening when the wind dropped , the dust storm subsided , and we could brave the mosquitoes and wash the corrosive dust from our bodies . |
| 15 | There were a few villages in the lower hills and , further up , small groups of round mud-huts , each housing a couple of families , were dotted across the fields . |
| 16 | There were a few trees in the street , but they were an urban stock , splotched with dirt , twisted and stunted by city poisons . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ There were a few deaths in the dale which would n't have happened in later years . |
| 18 | There were a few cows in the field and they were wandering in the direction of the sniper 's position . |
| 19 | There 's a few sights in the village . |
| 20 | The only monoplane I had flown was a few hours in the 3 A.A.C.U. Magister . |