Example sentences of "with [adv] a few [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sauropods instead had teeth in the front with only a few at the sides . |
| 2 | He reported that all of the formerly rampant vegetation on Krakatoa had now been destroyed , with only a few of the thicker tree-trunks still rising above the thick mantle of ash , and that there were now three major eruption columns carrying clouds of dust and pumice high into the air , escaping from three separate vents . |
| 3 | This artificial ash cliff is perhaps one of their last strongholds have also found refuge around our fire stations , protected from tramping feet and sheltered from chemical sprays these rare plants thrive in the damp salty margins alongside the ash lagoons all this within the boundaries with just a few of the country 's coal fired power stations but the need for sea walls of other coastal stations merely intake pipes to the coaling system , another world teams this is not a plant , fan worms have flowerlike mouth parts used to filter food from the sea water other worms use just two sticky tentacles to catch food shrimps forage over closely packed sea the delicate bodies of these printed vertebrates work as tiny water pumps , pulling water in one hole and pumping it through the other here two barnacles feed in the gentle flow of water over the cooling pipes from the station Marine life quickly packs the underwater structures and is about to become too thick and sometimes affect the performance of the machinery barnacles belong to the same family as crabs and lobsters , but being in their adult life standing on their head which is fixed to the concrete they use their feet to filter the water and kick food into their mouths but if they ca n't move , how do they get there so quickly in the first place ? |
| 4 | It is thought that up to 48 SAAF aircraft could be converted , with just a few of the original piston-engined airframes being held for museum use . |
| 5 | But I find this with quite a few of the young ones . |