Example sentences of "[adv] a few people " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm And obviously a few people do n't like the sight of people on the Cowley , the Cowley Hospital site , and things like that . |
| 2 | Only a few people can train themselves to get beyond them . ’ |
| 3 | Goebbels 's eulogy of Hitler in an article in Das Reich on 31 December was said to have been well received by ‘ only a few people 's comrades and naturally the old loyal fighters ’ . |
| 4 | Woosnam himself , angry at the time of the incident at the 13th , said this week that ‘ only a few people spoilt it for a lot ’ . |
| 5 | He was afraid ; there were only a few people left where he was and not much food . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , it was another early closure , with only a few people living nearby . |
| 7 | It was nothing more than ridiculous hysteria and totally unreal , but only a few people saw this and John Keith in Forres was one of them . |
| 8 | Indeed , the mystics played an extremely important part in each one of these three monotheistic religions , even though only a few people could undertake the mystical life . |
| 9 | It was in a narrow side street and there were only a few people watching . |
| 10 | The ancient conception has enormous ethical and intellectual scope but applies to only a few people ; the modern conception concerns a limited number of protective arrangements which concern every member of society . |
| 11 | Then , many had the bad luck to be infected whereas here we are talking about only a few people . |
| 12 | The American delegation had submitted ‘ a long list of trading firms , educational institutions , research institutions , local and provincial organizations , each amounting to only a few people , and even street neighbour groups , and is insisting on consultations with them ’ . |
| 13 | But it 's only , it 's only a few people that do it |
| 14 | Only a few people were interested in how it all began . |
| 15 | In the treeless streets between high blank walls one saw no cars and only a few people . |
| 16 | It had been so quick and thorough that only a few people now remained around it , staring glassy-eyed , and the Rante itself already seemed oddly quiet and deserted . |
| 17 | Only a few people knew about them . |
| 18 | If only a few people go there , perhaps you can buy it . |
| 19 | The crowd had thinned out now and only a few people were left , dancing in a desultory fashion on the dimly-lit stage . |
| 20 | Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge , and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area . |
| 21 | There were only a few people left in the dining-room by that time , two elderly men earnestly swapping fishing stories over their brandy , a young couple holding hands fondly under the table , and a solitary ancient in a leather-elbowed tweed jacket , reading the evening paper . |
| 22 | When only a few people are involved , a system of property rights may establish the missing market . |
| 23 | One way round this , that remains consistent with the democratic spirit of the peer group , is to have a central decision-making unit comprising , at any one time , only a few people , but to rotate membership of this unit , each person taking a turn . |
| 24 | I am more concerned about employers who employ only a few people and whose main criterion is the flexibility of being able to take on staff , to change their hours from time to time and , on occasions , to get them to work 60 or 70 hours a week when they are busy . |
| 25 | It 's only a few people at this moment in this country , that does believe in railway privatization , and that is the Department of Transport . |
| 26 | The arable side of the local economy had been destroyed and whereas many had once found employment in growing corn only a few people were now needed to tend the flocks and herds . |
| 27 | There are only a few people in the restaurant this morning and Mr. Constantine selects a spacious table with good views over the surrounding countryside . |
| 28 | Despite a major publicity campaign , only a few people thought they 'd seen her or even spoken to her . |
| 29 | It is very sad to think that after Anna tragically committed suicide under a train , only a few people are grieved and the rest of society regard it ‘ as such a woman deserved to end . |
| 30 | These books show us a great adventure that only a few people undertake and finish . |