Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is an inborn fear that develops when they are only a few months old , regardless of whether they have ever met an owl . |
| 32 | These are only a few of the more common applications of the Technique . |
| 33 | A glass or plastic one measuring about 18″ × 10″ × 10″ will hold 50 or so full-grown ones : often a single nettle head collected when the caterpillars are only a few days old will contain at least that many . |
| 34 | Job costing , fee assessment , cash-flow forecasting and staff motivation are only a few of the requirements of a successful practice manager . |
| 35 | The above are only a few ideas ; really the best person to plan for you , because you know your situation , is always you yourself . |
| 36 | The same applies to anyone , tall or short , who has been dieting for a lengthy period already , and generally to those who are only a few pounds overweight . |
| 37 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 38 | Nowadays it is regarded very much as a ‘ party trick ’ and there are only a few helicopter radios which feature an ‘ invert ’ switch . |
| 39 | In Scotland there are only a few who might in the future provide this at the top level . |
| 40 | There are only a few species of plants which grow floating on the water surface and are considered as useful for the heated aquarium . |
| 41 | The chicks are only a few days old , but these parents are obviously more relaxed with them than the Barnys were with any of their offspring . ( ) |
| 42 | There are only a few societies where all members hold the same characteristics to be applicable to everyone . |
| 43 | There are only a few thousand maleos left , most of them in the northern parts of the island . |
| 44 | ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me . |
| 45 | There are only a few passes which remain open all year , although many smaller routes can be traversed freely throughout the summer months . |
| 46 | These people and their children differ from the so-called mixed race children only in terms of time , and are only a few generations removed from the point at which the mixture occurred . |
| 47 | In fact , at each stage of the criminal justice process , there are only a few cases which get both widespread and sustained coverage in both the national and local press . |
| 48 | There are very many ways of course to occupy the mind and the techniques we describe are only a few suggestions for practice . |
| 49 | There will be some months when there are only a few , relatively small bills to pay , whilst other months — especially during winter — will find you having to pay our much larger sums . |
| 50 | Crail 's activities declined long ago and now there are only a few shellfish boats , but its seventeenth-century Customs House is still an attractive feature of the harbour . |
| 51 | Even at setts which are used regularly , the signs are not always clear if there are only a few animals present . |
| 52 | Most are only a few millimetres long . |
| 53 | Mudskippers are only a few centimetres long and you can find them in mangrove swamps and muddy estuaries in many parts of the tropics , lying on the glistening mud well beyond the lap of the waters . |
| 54 | Remember that most adult gall insects are only a few millimetres long and only one or two millimetres wide . |
| 55 | This is not too difficult if there are only a few media outlets involved and if their lead times to publication are the same . |
| 56 | So there are only a few foxes in the neighbourhood of the colony and they can only raid the margins of it . |
| 57 | Even when they are only a few months old , they have claws and teeth quite long and sharp enough to damage one another . |
| 58 | There are only a few coastal areas in Britain today still frequented by this attractive member of the corvine family . |
| 59 | ‘ You 're right , Doctor , ’ Lacuna was saying , ‘ but there are only a few dozen complete personalities that make up the gestalt . |
| 60 | Radar and some ovens make use of microwaves , which are only a few centimetres or millimetres long . |