Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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1 | ( 6.5 ) unc provided x is free in no unc ( 6.6 ) unc provided x is free in no unc Note that it is possible to deal with cases where x is only declared in a few of the |
2 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
3 | Rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands , with restrictions on cross media holdings . |
4 | Both the ITC and the Radio Authority are to enforce rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands . |
5 | The application may be submitted at any time ( as long as the candidate is still registered with the Institute ) and the examination is normally arranged within a few weeks . |
6 | In fact , the separatist movement which developed in Sicily after 1943 proved short-lived , though its disappearance is still mourned by a few as ‘ the end of the Sicilian nation ’ . |
7 | ‘ That was a game we should have won after taking a two goal lead , and I think it 's still rankles with a few of the lads . |
8 | If an organisation is market leader and has a size and presence which can ensure that manpower planning is possible so that most jobs can be filled from graduate entry , then the need for an executive search firm is probably limited to a few specialist or technical appointments . |
9 | IBM is now making between a few hundred and a few thousand PowerPC 601s a month in Vermont . |
10 | The date of an election is now known until a few weeks before the event , when the prime minister recommends a dissolution of Parliament to the Queen . |
11 | Gy François then led us to the village 's chimpanzee sanctuary , a small grass-covered shelter where rice is regularly laid on a few very old-looking chimpanzee skulls . |
12 | Normally , each hair follicle goes through a resting phase ( telogen ) every few years : hair stops growing , falls out and is n't replaced for a few months . |
13 | The level of the solution is then adjusted to a few centimetres above the level of solvent in s by means of a levelling rod 1 . |