Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 2 | As a result , erm , prices wo n't be quite as volatile as they are in the opposite case , alright , when the world market , and virtually nobody , let's assume that virtually nobody uses the world market to trade in , they 've all got their own agricultural policies , right , just a few countries trade in the world market , it only takes erm , a , a sort of poor harvest , or a very good harvest in any one of these erm , er , sort of protected countries , in order to get rid of this output , they 'll put it on the world market . |
| 3 | Even a few microns difference in the size of a component can cost valuable minutes on the production line as machines are re-set . |
| 4 | Many of the stations as Curzon found them were no more than rude shanties , a few planks half-buried in the sands of Central Asia . |
| 5 | About a week before Michael was due to go back into hospital , we managed a few days holiday in the Lake District . |
| 6 | Just a few miles west in the grounds of Nuneham Conference Park stands another folly which has ended up in an unexpected place . |