Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] a few " in BNC.

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1 It had once been possible to trust a few Fascist families , especially those who had sons who had deserted from the army on 8 September ; but that was changing .
2 Unfortunately , experienced models are hard to come by on most of the Polynesian islands , though it is possible to find a few in Papeete .
3 It is sometimes possible to find a few rare or special examples of an artist 's work that dealers have sold at rising prices , but this is no basis for saying prices for that artist 's work in general have risen .
4 but I hope however that he will be willing to go a few steps further .
5 And it must be prepared to lose a few million pounds in the process .
6 But there are other less obvious savings which can be taken into account if you are prepared to write a few letters and fill out a form or two .
7 It might be easier to use a few objects with clearly differentiated attributes as a starting point , but conversations of this kind can occur spontaneously in many activities .
8 Besides , the actor thinks movies should n't be afraid to push a few buttons .
9 Later , I heard Mrs Goreng coaxing Kaptan to say a few foreign sentences in front of his father .
10 But Tatum is not afraid to take a few knocks .
11 Sunderland travel to Cambridge , with Crosby saying : ‘ I want the players to go out and not be afraid to take a few risks . ’
12 ‘ We call ourselves the Unifiers — an inner core of trade unionists who are prepared to take a few risks to get what we must for the majority .
13 If none of these ideas is possible , would she be willing to spend a few weeks each year in a home for the elderly or , if she is infirm , in a nursing home or a local National Health Service hospital ?
14 of it er but I 'd rather be viewed on my own merits on my own worth er be willing to take a few risks in life erm and know that I 've got the rewards at the end of it for making a success .
15 and it was interesting to note a few groups apparently in their infancy , not all of which were in the larger authorities :
16 You usually like to keep things at the status quo , but today you could be willing to make a few changes .
17 Before focussing on the potential offers , I think it is perhaps appropriate to sound a few caveats .
18 I 'm sure she would be delighted to do a few pen and ink drawings of Carewscourt and its surroundings .
19 It is appropriate to add a few words at this point that might help avert the possibility of becoming involved in any extensive debate about whether associative changes of the sort described here should really be thought of as instances of perceptual learning , producing changes in the perceived similarity of the stimuli .
20 Before we proceed in chapter 4 to discuss the interpretative phase of social dialectological research , however , it seems to be appropriate to add a few further remarks on the use of quantitative methods .
21 At this point , it might be appropriate to spend a few moments on a specifically Scottish aspect of the Bill .
22 However , it is possible to identify a few fairly distinct elements upon which there was general agreement .
23 Erm , which has certainly been noticeable , is likely to cause a few problems , because in August are off , and so on .
24 Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed .
25 For instance , the note describing the Central Pillar of Freney is likely to tickle a few egos : ‘ ED+ , rock to VI and A3 , mixed — at the end of the world and , given bad luck , delivered up to all the hells of weather . ’
26 The order for forty-one aircraft was confirmed on 7 Jan 77 , and will in effect establish a new version of the Falcon 20 plus a new Garrett AiResearch turbofan likely to have a few applications in the executive transport and smaller airline field .
27 But if that were all , would it be so insupportable to stay a few more weeks in Hussey 's household ?
28 In these days when money is n't worth what it was , it may not seem especially profligate to blow a few hundred thousands on transport modelling , but it is worth thinking about how else the government could have invested the money .
29 However logical they know a mass killing of Ruddy Ducks is likely to ruffle a few feathers
30 If the foster mother 's young are a different coat colour from the pups to be fostered it is possible to leave a few natural young with the mother and add those to be fostered .
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