Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 6.5 ) unc provided x is free in no unc ( 6.6 ) unc provided x is free in no unc Note that it is possible to deal with cases where x is only declared in a few of the |
| 2 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 3 | Rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands , with restrictions on cross media holdings . |
| 4 | Both the ITC and the Radio Authority are to enforce rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands . |
| 5 | The application may be submitted at any time ( as long as the candidate is still registered with the Institute ) and the examination is normally arranged within a few weeks . |
| 6 | In fact , the separatist movement which developed in Sicily after 1943 proved short-lived , though its disappearance is still mourned by a few as ‘ the end of the Sicilian nation ’ . |
| 7 | If an organisation is market leader and has a size and presence which can ensure that manpower planning is possible so that most jobs can be filled from graduate entry , then the need for an executive search firm is probably limited to a few specialist or technical appointments . |
| 8 | IBM is now making between a few hundred and a few thousand PowerPC 601s a month in Vermont . |
| 9 | The date of an election is now known until a few weeks before the event , when the prime minister recommends a dissolution of Parliament to the Queen . |
| 10 | Gy François then led us to the village 's chimpanzee sanctuary , a small grass-covered shelter where rice is regularly laid on a few very old-looking chimpanzee skulls . |
| 11 | Normally , each hair follicle goes through a resting phase ( telogen ) every few years : hair stops growing , falls out and is n't replaced for a few months . |
| 12 | The level of the solution is then adjusted to a few centimetres above the level of solvent in s by means of a levelling rod 1 . |