Example sentences of "[adv] be a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had only been a few sharp yelps of pain . |
| 2 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 3 | But Derek Law , deputy director of the SSD , said there had only been a few teething problems . |
| 4 | Even in the early 1960s there had only been a few brave individuals . |
| 5 | Below are a few of the personality types which are the result of habit and conditioning . |
| 6 | Below are a few tips from all of us at RUNNING Magazine to help you as the hours count down . |
| 7 | Below are a few haiku written by students in a writing class . |
| 8 | Listed below are a few reasons to bake a potato . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll only be a few weeks late . |
| 10 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |
| 11 | there are several marked differences in the way that industrialisation has proceeded country-by-country ; that there is no single logic of industrialisation , though there may only be a few paths . |
| 12 | It need only be a few seconds of me singin' or something but you 'd be gettin' straight to a certain type of literate , intelligent audience . |
| 13 | Your letter need only be a few lines long , but use your own words to explain why you think time must be found for the Bill . |
| 14 | ‘ She says she 'll only be a few minutes . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll only be a few minutes , then I 'll cook you some breakfast , ’ she said briskly . |
| 16 | Inside were a few necessities , a large bearskin , a stove , some kindling wood , a chopper , even a very hard garlic sausage hanging from a beam . |
| 17 | Prices are also made a lot more volatile right simply because the world market becomes a residual market , instead of everybody buying and selling through the world market right , if virtually everybody becomes self sufficient , the world market becomes a bit of a misnomer right , there is n't such a thing as a world market in that in that particular case it it may just be a few very small countries trade on the world market , it becomes very small market and therefore prone to supply erm fluctuations in any one country and as we know , supply fluctuations on inelastic demand causes price volatility . |
| 18 | Milling around outside were a few Cinderellas in ballgowns anxiously adjusting their wigs and checking their patches . |
| 19 | Younger still are a few areas smaller than maria which bear yet lower number densities of craters . |
| 20 | Competitively , snooker has until the last few years been confined to Britain and its old Commonwealth , but there have always been a few tables in the Far East , catering for the needs of expats . |
| 21 | Goebbels instructed German press representatives on 19 October that ‘ it would still be a few days before the fall of Stalingrad ’ and recommended caution in reporting . |
| 22 | Today it is probably extinct , although there might still be a few around St Brieuc . |
| 23 | DEC , on the other hand , which has been having COSE talks at both the strategic and technical levels , feels there might still be a few loose ends to tie up , some of them perhaps circulating around the ‘ Process Paper ’ that is expected to be made public soon . |
| 24 | DEC , on the other hand , which has been having COSE talks at both the strategic and technical levels , feels there might still be a few loose ends to tie up , some of them perhaps circulating around the ‘ Process Paper ’ expected to be made public soon . |
| 25 | There may still be a few people in Islay who will remember , no doubt with appreciation , the Coats libraries , a source of firstly recreation and secondly instruction , when books were scarce in the island except in the houses of the proprietors , and to a lesser degree , the doctor , the ministers and the schoolmasters , long before popular newspapers , radio and television were easily available , |
| 26 | There 'll still be a few showers around this evening , but they 'll die out later . |
| 27 | There may still be a few sticking points even at these late stages . |
| 28 | The return journey was supposed to start at half past three but there would always be a few people missing . |
| 29 | The idea of a rational democracy is , not that the people themselves govern , but that they have security for good government … the best government ( need it be said ? ) must be the government of the wisest , and these must always be a few . |
| 30 | The introduction , in October of 1840 , of a Mine Club , was probably welcomed by the majority though there would always be a few who would begrudge the payments . |