Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] places " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are only a few places where he can be , but it is n't until 0500 hours that he is found walking along Unter den Linden , the most famous and beautiful of Berlin 's pre-war streets , having apparently lost contact with his friends . |
| 2 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 3 | It is found in only a few places in the world . |
| 4 | She has worked her way slowly up the rankings until now she is only a few places behind Durie in the high sixties . |
| 5 | Only a few places , like the Pool of Virkie at the south end of Shetland , attract waders for a time on migration , and most of them move on to richer pastures for the water . |
| 6 | It is surprisingly hard to find , only a few places sell it — I presume because of quality controls — and we were unsuccessful . |
| 7 | Only a few places , such as the Bay of Naples and Capri , already established thanks to the patronage of the Russian Empress , were regarded as tolerable in the hot season . |
| 8 | And with only a few places available each year , it 's like a bottleneck near the top , and the harder it becomes . |
| 9 | With eleven children leaving to go to ‘ big school ’ there are still a few places available for next term . |
| 10 | THERE are still a few places left on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land which Marie Stormont is organising on behalf of the Tour Company . |
| 11 | It is a fun trip and there are still a few places . |
| 12 | Erm , we 've got a few sponsors , and also a few places that people have agreed to sell the book and display , so Nurseries , Redferns , Malcolm , College Bookshop , Toy and Candy , erm , a bloke from Manchester Insurance has given me a couple of days to sell the book out there . |
| 13 | Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second . |
| 14 | Well I 've lived in quite a few places , I 've , I say , before I came here , I was at mother and baby Home , and before that I was living with friends in Liverpool , and before that I was in Nottingham at a bed and breakfast place , lodgings , and er |
| 15 | not , not everywhere though they 've got water on tap , but quite a few places |
| 16 | if you did that in quite a few places |