Example sentences of "[art] more than a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No more than a few hundred of these are used with any frequency . |
| 2 | For the foreseeable future , units involving the microcomputer as a teaching aid can only contribute to a very small proportion of curriculum time — at present certainly no more than a few hundred hours out of about 50,000 hours of ‘ different ’ teaching in the school curriculum for ages 5 to 18 . |
| 3 | They had travelled no more than a few hundred yards — the Kurd leading , Miss Logan bringing up the rear — and were crossing a patch of rough scree , a descent more tiring than dangerous , when Miss Fergusson fell . |
| 4 | Estimates of the number of fluent speakers vary , but there may be no more than a few hundred thousand . |
| 5 | Civil servants may have spent no more than a few million pounds on the metals , although they may authorise more hefty purchases later . |
| 6 | It is relatively young , with a probable age of no more than a few million years . |
| 7 | The toad is quickly dropped and escapes — with no more than a few minor punctures if it is lucky . |
| 8 | The most recent events may be impacts which have yielded craters with bright rays ( section 6.3.5 ) which may be no more than a few tens of Ma old . |
| 9 | If the present cratering rate on Mars can be extended into the distant past then it can be shown that among the light and moderately heavily cratered regions there is a great range of ages , from regions that may be no more than a few tens of Ma old , to regions about 3000 Ma old . |
| 10 | In total no more than a few dozen local groups existed at different times in the 1840s and 1850s . |