Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun sg] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Democratic centralism concentrates power in a few hands and at the end of the day produces decision rather than fudging . |
| 2 | The transition from one to the other takes place after a few seconds of observation , is discontinous and can not be stopped at in an intermediate position . |
| 3 | This range , although covered by many hundreds of metres of water for most of its length , breaks surface in a few places to form the chain of apparently unconnected volcanic islands . |
| 4 | Why do not the Government set up — as the Labour party will when it takes office in a few months — a national crime prevention council to co-ordinate the work of all the Departments of state in crime prevention ? |
| 5 | The article began : ‘ A Report telling schools to ignore English teaching in favour of trendy methods has infuriated Mrs Thatcher ’ , and continued by saying that the lengthy report ‘ dismisses grammar in a few paragraphs ’ . |