Example sentences of "[adj] to a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate . |
| 2 | The present generation of particle accelerators can collide particles at energies of about one hundred GeV , and machines are planned that would raise this to a few thousand GeV . |
| 3 | Nor should anything especially sinister be read into reports that the money to pay for little Sachin has been provided by commercial concerns not averse to a little of the old quid pro quo . |
| 4 | But over the years , the government did little except to remove contaminated soil , even though the trail of dioxin was showing contamination from a few to a several hundred PPB . |
| 5 | The necessary trade-off between resolution and penetration limits the maximum depth presently attainable to a few millimetres . |
| 6 | In the final analysis , collective security was founded on what Nizan referred to as the Soviet formula of " treaties accessible to everyone " , not on the Hitlerian formula of " treaties accessible to a few at the exclusion of everyone else " , Nizan ceaselessly denounced all attempts to reduce international diplomacy to what he disparagingly termed " private agreements between gang leaders " . |
| 7 | The decimetre-scale interbedding between LDO and nannofossil ooze represents timescales from hundreds to a few thousand years . |
| 8 | And our optional Payment Protector plan covers you against loss of income in the event of sickness , accident or compulsory redundancy ( subject to a few simple conditions ) . |
| 9 | This document won praise from the liberal majority at the Council , and was readily accepted , subject to a few amendments . |
| 10 | It has been suggested , then , that , while certain policy areas , subject to a few difficult boundary problems , are defined as social policy , any proper understanding of the forces that determine outcomes in these areas must rest upon considerations of other policies not social policy conventionally considered . |
| 11 | It is a social ritual , somewhat akin to a few drinks after work . |
| 12 | Aunt Emily has no objection at all to a few hens ! |
| 13 | There is no problem here if the information is very specialised and only likely to be useful to a few outlets . |
| 14 | " I too shall be attending the ceremonies prior to a few days ' relaxation at the hill station of Dalat . " |
| 15 | But such generalizations as these , while perhaps being applicable to a few individuals of each country , can reasonably be said to be prejudiced statements based on inadequate sampling . |
| 16 | Timex 's plant in Dundee has stopped making watches ( it now produces printed circuit boards ) , and its workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred . |
| 17 | Due to a few simple changes on employment records , the cleaning income was tax-free . |
| 18 | And due to a few unforseen obstacles some did n't even manage that . |
| 19 | Therefore , the futures price will respond first to information of a general nature , while information specific to a few companies will have little impact on the index or the futures price . |
| 20 | Once all the information has been incorporated , the sequence of phases will have been assigned dates at various points , although these will be of differing quality : some may be accurate to a few years , others only to the nearest couple of centuries . |
| 21 | Again , the more the merrier … we are leaving ourselves open to a few ‘ active ’ neutrals who will try and stir things up … but its always easy for gav to exclude any twats … if it gets a bit too fruity of course … nothing wrong with a bit of friendly banter and discussion . |
| 22 | Newman believes that in Britain these quasi-governmental and quasi-non-governmental bodies , estimates of which have ranged from a few hundred to a few thousand , depending on definitions , are not ‘ structurally integral to corporatism ’ but a significant domestic phenomenon which reinforces corporatist tendencies . |
| 23 | Left me a note ’ — he pointed to the table ‘ saying it was her life and she was entitled to a little happiness . |
| 24 | About a third to a half the usable space in any private house is taken up by special rooms devoted to sleeping . |