Example sentences of "are [adv] a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ground-nests are so well concealed that predators can easily overlook them even when they are only a few feet away . |
| 2 | The National Exhibition Centre and Birmingham International Airport are only a few miles away whilst the new International Convention Centre is only a short walk away . |
| 3 | Woods seems to assume in the passage cited above that there are only a few regions where high quality accidental word matches take place . |
| 4 | There are only a few places where he can be , but it is n't until 0500 hours that he is found walking along Unter den Linden , the most famous and beautiful of Berlin 's pre-war streets , having apparently lost contact with his friends . |
| 5 | Normally , these bubbles ( or vesicles ) are only a few millimetres across and quite thinly scattered , but sometimes , if the lava has been particularly gas rich , the rock is so honeycombed with large bubbles that it looks like some kinds of Swiss cheese ; more holes than solid . |
| 6 | It is worth noting that there are not a few cases where constructions containing postverbal adjectives are equivalent to different structures having the same subject and the same adjectival and verbal properties , but with the former now in ordinary predicative position and the latter replaced by an adverb : ( 61 ) Mario seemed regretful Mario was apparently regretful ( 62 ) the sharks remain dangerous the sharks are still dangerous This is exactly what could have been expected , given structure ( 47 ) . |
| 7 | Ten single decker buses currently in service in the county are just a few months away from their 20th birthdays and there are still three 1973-registered double deckers trundling around Durham . |
| 8 | These are just a few examples where public expenditure in the social services has direct implications for a number of private enterprises and , through them , for the entire national economy . |
| 9 | The resort 's elegant boutiques , restaurants and amusements are just a few steps away along the promenade and the sandy beach is across the main road . |
| 10 | ‘ Our stables are just a few miles away at Bognor and it only takes a short time to get him there . |
| 11 | There are also a few cases where we can roughly predict the location of a particular error . |
| 12 | Well obviously one would like to make money rather than lose money erm I mean there 's the there are quite a few factors why erm Virgin er lost money last year er first of all you know we had er the very well publicized er dirty tricks campaign being waged against us . |
| 13 | ‘ There are quite a few islands around here . |
| 14 | There are quite a few situations where it is normal for the tonic syllable to come earlier in the tone-unit . |
| 15 | Jackie concluded : ‘ Jasper certainly was n't born with a silver spoon in his mouth , but there are quite a few occasions when he needs one now — of the sugar variety , of course ! ’ |