Example sentences of "[adj] than a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a disarming lightness to the popular No. 7 ( its Mazurka affiliation charmingly highlighted ) , but No. 10 in C sharp minor is much less assured than a few years earlier ; No. 15 commences sadly off pitch and No. 16 is less ‘ driven ’ or trenchant than in the earlier and greatly celebrated account . |
| 2 | They lay their eggs in these chalices and there the young go through their entire development , sharing their pool with nothing more dangerous than a few innocuous insect larvae . |
| 3 | What constitutes ‘ serious damage to property ’ is obviously a matter of degree , but it probably means something rather more serious than a few broken windows . |
| 4 | And , indeed , the sheer prevalence of Essene thought in the Holy Land at the time also bears witness to a congregation more numerous than a few conclaves of ascetics sequestered in the desert . |
| 5 | This is , of course , the Caucasus , a landscape jewel in the crown of the USSR , until recently little known to Westerners other than a few privileged mountaineers lucky enough to be invited to climb there . |
| 6 | Hardly anyone in France apart from the Lafons , and now Ostertag , dares to risk refermentation in bottle and the subsequent deposit of anything other than a few tartrate crystals in a dry white wine . |
| 7 | Given the present gender order , women , other than a few exceptional women , just can not win . |
| 8 | Everyone is keen to see otter , but again they prove elusive and we round the north of the island with nothing other than a few passing gannet , some tysties and shags and a couple of rabbits spotted among the peaty banks . |
| 9 | The group did little other than a few acts of minor sabotage , as they did n't have the arms to take on the Nazi army . |
| 10 | Even after bidding a fond farewell to Ben and Carole Meadows , there still had n't been the opportunity to have anything other than a few brief casual words with Ross as he 'd driven them all back to New York . |