Example sentences of "they are [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The chick 's beaks are removed with a hot knife when they are just a few days old in order to prevent the savage pecking which often occurs in densely populated factory farming environments . |
2 | But by their very nature they are only a few lines on a piece of paper at the moment . |
3 | Ground-nests are so well concealed that predators can easily overlook them even when they are only a few feet away . |
4 | It is an inborn fear that develops when they are only a few months old , regardless of whether they have ever met an owl . |
5 | Even when they are only a few months old , they have claws and teeth quite long and sharp enough to damage one another . |