Example sentences of "[adv] a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be quite illuminating to write down a few vague goals , and then to discover just how deepseated your real feelings about nursing can be . |
| 2 | When this sort of presentation takes place , resist the inclination to bend over your notebook , except for jotting down a few key words . |
| 3 | Turning to the volume 's introductory pages , I read some encouraging words that at once led me to hope that I might yet track down a few potential search areas that had not already received too much attention . |
| 4 | But animals , to varying degrees , employ all the senses available to human beings , with perhaps a few extra ones , and often with a far greater range of sensitivity . |
| 5 | I had greatly looked forward to the meeting , hoping to hear words of wit and wisdom about the law , and perhaps a few good legal anecdotes . |
| 6 | For quite long stretches of the meal these glances , with perhaps a few small frowns and smiles , are all we need to sustain communication . |
| 7 | Ancient marble columns and building blocks are scattered throughout the village , providing a doorstep here , a lintel there , or perhaps a few mooring posts . |
| 8 | Er my final point sir is concern with perhaps a few emotional points being made to my right about the old and the infirm and the young not being able to afford houses . |
| 9 | This meant that Wilson would have to accept from the re-negotiation the same conditions as Heath had accepted , with perhaps a few minor , cosmetic modifications , or else withdraw the United Kingdom out of the EEC . |
| 10 | Obviously a few spare fivers had not found the right pocket . |
| 11 | The advantage of this is that social secretaries deal with other people 's money , so a few wrong decisions wo n't hurt their own wallet . |
| 12 | She had more than enough to cope with , but the chance of a job to bring in a few extra shillings was not to be scorned . |
| 13 | You seem to have filled in a few blank spaces for me . ’ |
| 14 | Only a few rural areas , isolated by bad roads and non-existent railways , remained relatively untouched , but even these , by virtue of their isolation , were often gobbled up by the equally voracious demand for holiday homes and weekend cottages . |
| 15 | However , analysis of genotype-phenotype association is possible in only a few frequent mutations ; the majority of the mutations are rare . |
| 16 | Danvers , Massachusetts-based PictureTel Corp is cutting prices on its M-8000 bridge product family : it says it will offer a fully H.320 version of its M-8000 Multipoint Bridge starting at $45,000 for the M-8600 with three ports : the M-8600 is for customers with only a few videoconferencing systems and limited requirements for linking a large number of sites on the same call ; the H.320 standards-compliant version will ship in the autumn . |
| 17 | Despite numerous studies published on the incidence and mortality of pancreatitis in various hospitals , only a few epidemiological studies on large populations have been carried out . |
| 18 | There have been only a few empirical studies of the relationship between volume and maturity . |
| 19 | This ammonite has only a few strong ribs , with a number of small tubercles in addition . |
| 20 | There is now nowhere on earth which is immune from man-made changes in the atmosphere or radioactive fall-out ; only a few remaining places where no humans have trod ; and in our own islands , only a handful of inaccessible sites which have escaped some deliberate interference with their ecology . |
| 21 | Close — the pupil sees the choice as between only a few alternative possibilities . |
| 22 | But only a few rare species are known to produce the toxic trichothecenes . |
| 23 | ‘ A company where only a few outside interests own the shares . |
| 24 | Only a few simple cartridges are available , including Tennis , Baseball and Super Mario Land . |
| 25 | They were mixing and mingling , her guests ; the young were speaking to the old , men were speaking to women , Left was speaking to Right , art unto science , and only a few impossible old dullards of the financial world had drifted together to talk about pay comparability and public sector borrowing and the GNP . |
| 26 | It is not a very demanding version of the chase , especially on Sundays , when you may well see rows of gunmen in position only a few easy yards from the hotel where they mean to have lunch . |
| 27 | The interludes at the start of each act determine the character of the music for a time ( except for Interlude V , which is abruptly curtailed by the Barn Dance music of Act Three scene one , lending thereafter only a few sinister flecks of moonlight ) . |
| 28 | It 's sometimes limited if the winds are strong and we have only a few experienced sailors on holiday . |
| 29 | The segregated nature of the educational system remains the same as ever , with only a few private schools taking pupils of all races . |
| 30 | While certain contests I could mention ( clue : begins with ‘ W ’ and ends with ‘ inter Olympics ’ ) have been thrust down our throats , only a few poor unfortunates hooked into Mr Murdoch 's communications system will suffer 24-hour-a-day cricket coverage , and such people should not concern us here . |