Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , it is possible to obtain organic oils from a few suppliers ( see page 131 ) , but these essences are considerably more expensive than those from plants grown with chemical fertilizers and sprayed with non-organic pesticides . |
| 2 | Unless the wind is very strong , if it is obvious that you can reach the field , it is useful to open full airbrake for a few seconds immediately after the final turn to check that you can undershoot . |
| 3 | It 's all part of the charm , a charm that brings hundreds back year after year to escape frenetic perfection for a few weeks . |
| 4 | When your programme is fully finished , continue to weigh each day for a few months . |
| 5 | Normally you will want to use full side-slip for a few seconds rather than a small amount of slip for a much longer time . |
| 6 | These difficulties were the source of much of the conflict among philanthropists , between those who preferred to give thorough-going help to a few and those who believed that the scale of destitution was such that wholesale relief was necessary at least in times of high unemployment , to palliate serious destitution and to prevent social disorder . |
| 7 | Perhaps , by the way , Americans can manage to hunt French deer within a few paragraphs ; others prefer a rather larger area . |
| 8 | That way it might be easier to match relative velocities for a few seconds . |
| 9 | If the lines are balanced you should be able to hold this position for a few seconds without the sail changing its position . |
| 10 | Hitherto such emphasis and recognition have not been current , nor , I believe , has there been sufficiently widespread recognition of the need to spread the information we have to those who should use it — it may therefore be appropriate to end this chapter with a few rude questions . |
| 11 | Those outside the card-playing school viewed her suspiciously because she seemed to get embarrassing crushes on a few of her colleagues . |
| 12 | But how to wring new information from a few old pieces of vellum and papyrus ? |
| 13 | Alistair hoped to impress Hazel with his growing ease in this milieu ( and managed to exchange wary leers with a few shambling , half-familiar figures — fellow screenplay writers , knowers , seekers ) . |
| 14 | In Syria , special forces were moved into every major town soon after the onset of war with orders to shoot to prevent further demonstrations after a few spontaneous outbursts of public protest occurred in the east of the country . |