Example sentences of "[subord] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the top of the pass there is a long descent through plantations and along a hillside into the fertile valley of Glen More , a quiet cultivated strath where a few farms keep their pastures in good heart , contrasting with the shaggy heights around . |
| 2 | There are the rare cases , as with the bronze and brass Etruscan statuettes described above , where a few moments spent performing a surface analysis can unequivocally solve a problem , which might have remained a stylistic conundrum for ever . |
| 3 | We would go down to the Seine and speak of water , boats and fish ; or we would go to the public park , where a few birds languished in an ancient aviary and the old mynah bird entertained us with a lavish range of endearments . |
| 4 | A hardy annual , it can be grown in any garden where a few patches here and there can be a delight . |
| 5 | Benson 's first workshop opened in 1880 at North End Road , Fulham , where a few men operated foot-powered lathes for turning metal . |
| 6 | As she grew older , she looked upon herself , tragically , defiantly , with all the hopelessness of fourteen years , as a plant trying to root itself upon the solid rock , without water , without earth , without shade : and then , when a little older yet , when conscious of some growth , she had to concede that she must have fallen happily upon some small dry sandy fissure , where a few grains of sand , a few drops of moisture , had been enough to support her trembling and tenacious life . |
| 7 | ‘ Except a few days ago , he sent me a ticket to New York . |
| 8 | The afternoon will then have some good sunny spells , although a few showers are also possible . |
| 9 | Although a few birds usually spend the summer in Shetland they have not so far been proved to breed here . |
| 10 | He had a grey fringe round back and sides , although a few wisps that had once been fair or ginger were combed over the top . |
| 11 | Most ‘ educationists ’ subscribed to the same principle , although a few teachers in the National Association of Labour Teachers and the TUC had begun to look beyond ‘ equality of opportunity ’ to equality of provision . |
| 12 | This usually has no effect ( although a few users have been sick , in which case another form of abortion is offered ) and she 's then sent home . |
| 13 | He is drunk , although a few stages short of rat-arsed . |
| 14 | The nine-year-old has been a fine servant for trainer David Nicholson and , although a few pounds below the very best over two miles , he picks up enough prize-money each year to comfortably pay his oats bill . |
| 15 | Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there . |
| 16 | Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there . |
| 17 | Although a few analysts remained bullish about the market , most had serious reservations . |
| 18 | Much the same is true of the UK , although a few case-studies of school-based evaluation activities are beginning to appear in the literature . |
| 19 | None of these pupils had used a diagram to assist them to obtain their answers , although a few diagrams were found among the descriptions of methods sent in by teachers in one liaison group . |
| 20 | With November came the herring season and the boats would sail up the coast to Torbay , then back around Bigbury Bay and Plymouth , although a few boats continued to fish for pilchards from Looe throughout the Winter . |
| 21 | Although a few jobs have been lost , the workforce today is nearly 200 , whose jobs are now more secure because of automation . |
| 22 | Most of the vines are planted at a height of between 120 and 180 metres , although a few plots can be found at 200 to 220 metres in the northern part of the vineyard , bordering the vines of Bouzy . |
| 23 | Far from commanding respect they were the object of widespread disdain and , although a few magnates became major patrons of the arts , they were in general almost wholly lacking in cultural influence over the wider educated public . |
| 24 | It was possible all the jewellery removed from the display had been recovered , although a few items might still be missing , he added . |
| 25 | There are many varieties of blue cheeses , most of which are produced by introducing a controlled penicillium into the paste during ripening , although a few cheeses do blue naturally . |
| 26 | The mill no longer stands although a few traces remain , near the farm . |
| 27 | Although a few years since Sunday Caddies were mentioned , they were still controversial , and in 1925 the Harpsden Parish Church of St Margaret sought to ban them under 14 years of age , so as to improve the chances of their attending Sunday School and Church . |
| 28 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 29 | First , at currents of more than a few amps , capacitors that can carry the current without suffering di/dt stress , heating stress , and MHz ringing tend to be physically large , and expensive compared with normal power supply capacitors . |
| 30 | Whereas touristy me — town-bred and with no more knowledge of nags than a few donkey-rides sixty years ago — I rode high and proud on Suzy , a two-year-old Arab who was full of wind and nervous at moving so slowly . |