Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 In actual fact , all that may be offered may be a few strands of tobacco which , in many contexts , are assumed to suffice .
2 This is not the place to explain logic , but there are a few bits of terminology which occur often in this subject which are not entirely standard .
3 There are a few accents of English which may do this , so that , for example , ‘ cattle ’ is pronounced , but this is not the case in RP .
4 he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof .
5 Next to a photograph of John were a few words of text which Chris had just written off the top of his head :
6 The Church praises the courage of a small number of press , radio and TV journalists who are risking their lives to maintain at least a few channels of information which are not controlled by the government .
7 But settling a potential employment dispute tends to involve rather more than just signing a letter prepared by the company or initialling a few sheets of paper which explain the agreed terms .
8 I am a lesbian women of colour whose children eat regularly because I work in a university .
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