Example sentences of "a few [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you feel yourself tensing up , then spare a few moments to release that tension and see the difference it can make . |
| 2 | If just a few processes need soft water , it is practicable to pipe the soft water to the machines concerned . |
| 3 | If you have a few hours to spare each week and would like more information , contact the scheme manager , Liz Hare , at the Purdy Centre , |
| 4 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
| 5 | A few cases dominate this reporting , while just over one-half of the rape cases mentioned appeared only in one sample newspaper . |
| 6 | We 'll have a few reports to do next week . |
| 7 | There is a Youth Hostel and a few cottages provide overnight accommodation ; once there was an inn , the Cathole , but now a fading memory . |
| 8 | It works alongside a healthy diet and regular exercise and just a few minutes massage each day with Cellutherapie will help to stimulate blood circulation and improve the skin tone and texture on your hips and thighs . |
| 9 | Political society formed a complex network of lordship and service , in which all but a few misfits had some place . |
| 10 | Political society formed a complex network of lordship and service , in which all but a few misfits had some place . |
| 11 | Edinburgh thus came into line with the rest of Britain , and the trade of compositor became a male monopoly until the Equal Opportunities legislation of the 1970s , which enabled a few women to serve regular apprentice ships as compositors , before the widespread adoption of the new computerized technology convulsed the printing trade , in ways which have been thoroughly discussed by Cynthia Cockburn . |
| 12 | Only a few wives expressed any confidence in working with machines and carrying out crop work . |
| 13 | Only a few Marxists raise fundamental doubt about Therborn 's assumption above that in liberal democracy the exploiting minority rules through elections . |
| 14 | About 100 yds after passing confluence of streams cross right-hand path to river where safe , and ascend a few yards to reach well-defined path which leads parallel to right-hand stream , following it up to its source . |
| 15 | It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon . |
| 16 | A few intermediaries offer this facility on a limited basis but forward foreign exchange markets and the currency futures options market are designed for big players and the smaller customer would neither be welcomed , nor would he , or she , easily know how to gain access to these markets . |
| 17 | A few examples illustrate this contention . |
| 18 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 19 | A few people develop severe anxiety and depression in response to this stress , and may require treatment . |
| 20 | ‘ Quite a few people suffer mental health problems because their problems arising out of a bereavement are not being dealt with . ’ |
| 21 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 22 | There was a happy burble of voices which came from a few children discussing some design they were doing . |
| 23 | In summary , why only a few alcoholics develop significant liver disease remains largely a mystery . |
| 24 | It took a few months to destroy this illusion . |
| 25 | After spending a few months gauging public reaction , West Mercia Police intend to use him as a kerbside deterrent against speeding . |