Example sentences of "[subord] [vb base] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In running the same course of action is likely to do little more than raise a few curious glances from fellow competitors . |
| 2 | In offices with E-mail systems a fax can be copied to hundreds of different destinations without having to do more than make a few entries on the key-board . |
| 3 | Rather than being sustained by a vibrant , developing , experimental tradition , the revolutions of modernism may simply have been absorbed by an engrained , infrangible , realist tradition which rarely does more than appropriate a few of the more alluring additions Joyce and others made to ‘ the international store of literary technique ’ . |
| 4 | Shaun got the impression that he had responsibility but I ca n't remember him doing anything except organise a few gigs . |
| 5 | Because ‘ communication ’ is such a wide-ranging subject , this essay can do little more than survey a few distinct areas of study . |
| 6 | But rather to join in the search for new ways forward for the common future of our society and I suggest you might do worse than try a few committees and working groups on pragmatic coalitions , collaborative democracy and local community . |
| 7 | But I will do no more than offer a few remarks about their rights and wrongs , focusing instead on the most productive ways in which teachers can develop and promote their own positions . |
| 8 | But on the other hand we thought I suppose oh good riddance you know er rather than have a few er namby-pamby people you know sitting on the fence , we might be better off without them . |
| 9 | I can not believe , as do a few ultra-progressive therapists , that actual sexual congress between a client and therapist can be of help in the therapeutic relationship . |