Example sentences of "have a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investor who has a few privatisation shares and wants to extend a portfolio without paying for advice does have a cheap alternative to discretionary portfolio management . |
| 2 | That Shelford has a few doubters to disprove is cold comfort to Cardiff , who have had an unconvincing start to the season and whose main hope is to catch the tourists either cold or rusty after a lay-off which for most has lasted all of a fortnight . |
| 3 | Such excitements are rare ; The Hague has a few clubs and theatres and it will soon have its own ballet company , but for the most part the Hagenaars , as the residents are known , spend their evenings at home and retire at a respectable hour . |
| 4 | With or without management , Gatfield has a few words of warning for up-and-coming hopefuls determined to make an impression on record company A&R people . |
| 5 | For the Nineties , it 's safe to predict that the nostalgia boom has a few years left to run , that Neneh Cherry , Roland Gift and Terence Trent D'Arby will become as big as they want to be , and that Bobby Brown 's crafty commercialisation of rap , soul and a vast ego will give Wacko a run for his money quite soon . |
| 6 | Now the Beaconsfield trio finally release a follow-up on the Creation label — ‘ Philly ’ , which has a few string sounds that may have been influenced by ( or stolen from ) old Philadelphia International disco classics , but which otherwise is a solid gold indie dance tune . |
| 7 | Patting a horse , instead of stroking or scratching it , only has a few valid uses : as a muscular relaxant and distraction ; and as a part of ‘ breaking-in ’ so that the horse gets used to things thumping around on its back before it is actually ridden . |
| 8 | Neither speaks French or German but one has a few words of English , so he sits in the front . |
| 9 | He has a few suggestions for those tempted to try aerial photography . |
| 10 | He has a few lucid moments every now and again . |
| 11 | It is also approachable at the other end of the spectrum , which is filled by the middle-class peasant or designer-green who has a few pet animals to fit in with a rural lifestyle . |
| 12 | Each day the retreatant has a few suggested passages given by his director who meets him once a day for sharing and reflection . |
| 13 | B. Each town has a few factories , most of which were set up during the last 40 years . |
| 14 | There are up to 360 incinerators working abroad and Britain also has a few systems . |
| 15 | For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character . |
| 16 | Providing it does not clog filter intakes , it has a few things going for it : it can act as a curb on nitrate and phosphate levels , provide shelter for any overlooked fry and even supplement the fish 's diet in holiday periods . |
| 17 | The same sort of EQ and similar electronics are going to produce a marked sort of family resemblance , but the VG-30R has a few sound characteristics of its own . |
| 18 | Lucky Town has a few reasonable ballads and the odd image strong enough to resist the insistent undertow of formula Boss : a soldier back from the Gulf waking from a dream in which the souls of the dead ‘ rise like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies ’ . |
| 19 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 20 | Simon Rundell , who works in one of the London hospitals threatened with closure , has a few home truths for the health secretary |
| 21 | Even if you make a complete mess of it , the model only has a few inches to fall . |
| 22 | His wife , played by Greta Scacchi , has a few secrets of her own . |
| 23 | JOHN CRIPPS has a few suggestions which you might not have thought of . |
| 24 | Sue also has a few of her own knitting machines on the premises and makes garments to order as well as to sell to the tourists ! |
| 25 | ‘ Otherwise I 'll make sure he has a few more broken bones , ’ she warned . |
| 26 | Shops : none but the campsite farm has a few limited supplies . |
| 27 | It has a few houses and shops , even a post office . |
| 28 | If it merely has a few extra grammes of plutonium squirrelled away ( something explicable as an oversight — or the ‘ oops ’ factor ) , then it might be ready to end its quarrel with the rest of the world in return for a deal that could even bring diplomatic recognition from America , together with trade and aid from South Korea and Japan . |
| 29 | The manager , symbolically , takes his or her ‘ tin cup ’ in hand and walks around the organization ‘ begging ’ for involvement , seeing who has a little bit to chip in , who has a few spare budget dollars to invest , who has a staff member to lend , who will be on the advisory committee , or who has key data . |
| 30 | He has a few modish novels , a collection of articles by Paul Bordieu , a copy of the New York Review and some scripts lying on the table in front of the sofa where he sits with a bottle of Yorre — never Perrier — and an ice bucket of champagne , sacramental , in front of him to greet the actresses as they are shown in . |