Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] a [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are only a few species of plants which grow floating on the water surface and are considered as useful for the heated aquarium . |
| 2 | Almost all the crops are cash crops and there are only a few cattle in the area . |
| 3 | There are only a few studies with which we can illustrate this approach . |
| 4 | But by their very nature they are only a few lines on a piece of paper at the moment . |
| 5 | Thus anatomy may reflect the fact that there are only a few ways in which some engineering problem can be solved . |
| 6 | At Hardington in Somerset there are only a few traces of the village , which is said to have gone by 1584 , but until recently there were very fine earthworks of a seventeenth-century garden landscape , with terraces , tree mounds , and park banks . |
| 7 | These are only a few examples of the applications of scientific research to metal artefacts . |
| 8 | ( 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 . ) |
| 9 | So there are only a few foxes in the neighbourhood of the colony and they can only raid the margins of it . |
| 10 | There are very many ways of course to occupy the mind and the techniques we describe are only a few suggestions for practice . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you realise that the enemy are only a few yards from these positions ? |
| 12 | There are only a few people in the restaurant this morning and Mr. Constantine selects a spacious table with good views over the surrounding countryside . |
| 13 | SuperCalc is more colourful than 1-2-3 in its basic livery , but the icons are just a few abbreviations on the screen |
| 14 | Her mother Fran said : ‘ I can not believe we are just a few hours from going home . |
| 15 | Before leaving the pruning of H.T.s and Floribundas , here are just a few words about some popular varieties that are examples of exceptions proving rules . |
| 16 | And here are just a few examples of how they can help . |
| 17 | These are just a few examples of the types of products that can be found within the leading farm shops in Surrey who will also be exhibiting , including Secretts from Milford . |
| 18 | These are just a few examples of animal-borne infection to which humans are susceptible . |
| 19 | These are just a few examples of the use of modern biological control agents , though as Jutsum ( 1988 ) points out , the commercial value of these is currently less than 1 per cent of the global market value of crop-protection and public health agents ( mainly chemicals ) which currently amounts to $16 000 million annually . |
| 20 | Here are just a few examples of his bon mots : |
| 21 | These are just a few examples of a wide range of security problems that can be encountered in the many disciplines of IT system development and operation . |
| 22 | Doctors ' desires to advance specialisms that they find intellectually exciting , university lecturers pursuing research at the expense of their teaching commitments , engineers wishing to develop technologically advanced products such as Concorde , are just a few examples of the kind of professional aspirations that lead to the misallocation of resources from the clients ' or taxpayers ' point of view . |
| 23 | Here are just a few examples of the rave reviews they got this year : |
| 24 | The following are just a few examples from around the world of ICIs activities in reducing its wastes : |
| 25 | Of course , these ideas are just a few ways of making a beautiful start at Allied . |
| 26 | all the way , you look one way as far as you can see and you , when you go to Gibraltar you 're only a few miles from Africa |
| 27 | He says that although they 're just a few millimetres in size , in a year they 'll be as big as their mother . |
| 28 | Sadly , it 's sold out but never take anything like that for gospel , for in my experience , there are always a few seats to be had if you take the trouble to hunt for 'em . |
| 29 | There are always a few people for whom the most obvious sequences of technical cause and effect have no meaning . |
| 30 | He 's the butler There are usually a few words in a language that can only be used gesturally : for example there are presentatives like French voici , and toasts like British English cheers . |