Example sentences of "to a few [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These observations of distance and speed can be coupled with general knowledge of the way a small probe behaves in the gravitational fields of bodies in the Solar System to determine the spacecraft 's position with astonishing accuracy , typically to a few hundred metres at a range of hundreds of millions of kilometres . |
| 2 | Tyrone , up to a few hundred feet of reddish sandstones occur above a basal conglomerate , and are succeeded by a thin development of argillaceous dolomite , the Upper Permian Magnesian Limestone . |
| 3 | Diving down to a few hundred feet over Hal Far , Müncheberg then claimed another at 0754 as it was landing , but having no witness of this was credited only with a probable , although it was subsequently included in his score . |
| 4 | We were ushered into the boardroom at the back of the building and were treated to a few welcoming remarks from Derek Jefferson , in his familiar , cheerful and very effective style . |
| 5 | So she had jumped to a few incorrect conclusions about Piers . |
| 6 | Those scavengers living their entire lives in those caverns underneath Kefalov were merely an extreme example of segmented vision — their whole cosmos reduced to a few cubic kilometres of debris . |
| 7 | This would guarantee " the perfect security of all the principal statesmen in the House from the effects of local or individual prejudices or enmities … [ or ] some accidental offence to a few individual members of a constituency , or some petty and miserable pique " . |
| 8 | Due to a few simple changes on employment records , the cleaning income was tax-free . |
| 9 | Thus it is pointed out that support for microelectronics has been biased towards the south of the country , and it is argued that emphasis on a division between sunrise and sunset , on finance at the expense of manufacturing , on entrepreneurship and new firms as opposed to restructuring existing industries , will all encourage the confinement of the fifth wave of economic growth to a few small areas of the country . |
| 10 | Her smoking experiences , hitherto , had been confined to a few borrowed puffs from Walter Ash 's cigarettes , and some experimental moments , at the age of twelve , in the school bicycle shed . |
| 11 | I have omitted , with reluctance , references to a few natural features of interest that have been subject to abuse of privilege by a minority of visitors . |
| 12 | Along the way they had paid tribute to a few likely progenitors with covers of Wire , Cheap Trick and Kraftwerk songs , acquired a growing fanbase and a rep for interesting humour . |
| 13 | Business as usual The election led to a few significant changes in Northern Ireland , but mostly it 's more of the same , says Robin Wilson |
| 14 | There was a change , though it was difficult to define it , except by reference to a few trivial details of behaviour . |
| 15 | Henry had thought of taking this line , but the trouble was , he found , one became almost too jolly at Donald 's expense , the implication being that he , the jammy bastard , was well off out of it , while they , the real sufferers , were condemned to a few more years of the horrors of living in Wimbledon . |
| 16 | Er oh , before we do that let's just n just listen to a few more seconds of this tape . |
| 17 | Fortunately , fishing is banned in the lake in Colchester Park now , and restricted to a few responsible permit-holders along the river . |