Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We men , we know not what loftiness we might reach if only for a few small hours we could by carefulness of life , morally and physically so exact ourselves that scarce any utmost purity of air were too perfect for us . |
| 2 | Roman Catholicism has been more in line with the other great world religions in insisting that mysticism is only for a few chosen souls and that , unless one has this special propensity , mysticism can be a serious health threat . |
| 3 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 4 | The Tories have more or less run out of good ideas which inspired them in the early Thatcher years , and are left only with a few bad ones : the creation of new , ever more incompetent ‘ private ’ monopolies ; the vindictive pursuit of aged war criminals ; the idiotic struggle to knock a penny off income tax , which will benefit nobody , when so much more could be achieved with a little imagination — by abolishing all discriminatory rates , abolishing capital transfer tax and other taxes on savings , allowing domestic wages ( as all other forms of employment are allowed ) against personal taxation … |
| 5 | When Alain 's mother finally went inside with a few rueful shakes of her head and a pleased look on her face , Jenna decided to risk all . |
| 6 | Only in a few cosmetic details did it owe anything to French or other West European influences . |
| 7 | In Spain for example , where the social importance of a commission was comparatively slight , would-be officers were required to prove noble descent only in a few calvary regiments . |
| 8 | The results were often not good , yet only in a few severe cases did HMI go in and make an impact with its report . |
| 9 | This and a similar arrangement by Kenneth II for lands in Lothian came to be regarded by the English as an admission that Scottish rulers were not equals but vassals in relation not merely to a few specific regions but to the whole of Scotland — which had never been contemplated by the Scottish signatories . |
| 10 | San Vincenzo is a lovely resort of clear soft sands interrupted only by a few emerging reefs . |
| 11 | It is certainly possible to produce a few general rules , and some will be given in this course , just as a few general rules for word stress were given in Chapters 10 and 11 . |
| 12 | Sooner , rather than later , and generally after a few stiff drams , Joicey would break into the Gaelic , roaring and shouting at the top of his voice : ‘ Man to man it was in those days . |
| 13 | In Nunn 's way of orchestrating the scene , however , the forced merriment comes across like the willed time-killing in Three Sisters , less the whiling away of a few specific minutes than the attempt to shake off a pervasive ennui . |
| 14 | Remember the fighting qualities of the Maccabeans ; think of the Warsaw ghetto and the amazing resistance therein of a few ordinary men and women who fought a whole battalion of Nazi storm-troopers , while Polish people stood by and wondered at such bravery . |
| 15 | The cheesemakers are quite happy to share their secrets , so make sure you come away with a few useful recipes , such as those for making Appenzell cheese tarts , Appenzell Rosti , Appenzell cheese pillows , cheese souffle and Appenzellerei , a luscious blend of ham pork , onions , parsley and cheese . |
| 16 | The referee was weak and allowed the Russians to get away with a few naughty episodes but to be honest Liverpool were n't that far behind . |
| 17 | So is this just with a few major accounts or |
| 18 | ‘ I think Chris and Tina were freaked by the experience and have gone home with a few grey hairs . |
| 19 | There has always been a lingering suspicion that BSL is a very difficult language to learn once beyond a few preliminary signs . |
| 20 | Instead of towing amplified sweet nothings ahead of the school , they might do better to sit astern with a few well-chosen selections from The Osmonds ' Greatest Hits , or Singalongamax . |
| 21 | He returned an hour later with a few stunted bushes he had managed to prise from the rock . |
| 22 | The second Duma consisted of the same as before plus a few Social Democrats . |
| 23 | I 'm just here for a few short months . |
| 24 | However , she leaves more cheerfully after a few choice words from one of the boys suggesting that her photograph should be changed because it does n't do her justice . |
| 25 | The Croats drove out the Serbs from Kupres this week and , according to eye-witnesses , wished them well with a few genocidal strokes . |
| 26 | The rest of the known world was mainly dominated directly or indirectly by a few European states . |
| 27 | Indeed for a few medieval days it was the effective capital of England . |
| 28 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 29 | Whether or not this small-scale self-publication works in terms of sales is less important than the extraordinary experience it can provide : that of working hard with a few other writers at making something , putting something into print . |
| 30 | so-called page-turning — barely interactive — routines that present screen after screen of text , maybe with a few simple diagrams and/or questions ; |