Example sentences of "[is] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | every time I go there 's only a few packets left . |
| 32 | So , but I do n't know what it is , right , it 's only a few bloody hairs ! |
| 33 | there 's only a few of these things we know , you know ? |
| 34 | The news and , oh yes it 's only a few minutes lovey . |
| 35 | I mean there 's only a few kids there , they 're all good mates and it 's like private tuition . |
| 36 | Whereas really it 's only a few miles as the crow flies as it were . |
| 37 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 38 | Cos there 's only a few that I get on really well with . |
| 39 | At present it 's merely a few planks covering a narrow part of a stream further along this track . ’ |
| 40 | The excellent road system of the greater Belfast region means that Jordanstown is merely a few minutes ' drive from the capital , allowing students to take advantage of the social life and the living accommodation available in the city . |
| 41 | The excellent road system of the greater Belfast region means that Jordanstown is merely a few minutes ' drive from the capital , allowing students to take advantage of the social life and the living accommodation available in the city . |
| 42 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
| 43 | Oxford itself , the ‘ city of dreaming spires ’ as John Betjeman eulogised it is only a few miles away with all its many and varied attractions . |
| 44 | My first efforts to find Roztoky , which is only a few miles outside Prague , were a horror story of wrong turnings , lengthy detours and rush-hour traffic . |
| 45 | Situated only 60 metres from the International Drive resort centre , the Famous Host International is only a few minutes walk from a great selection of restaurants , bars , and general hub that Orlando has to offer . |
| 46 | It 's set in its own park with beautiful rolling gardens leading down to the road which separates the hotel from its own private beach , yet is only a few minutes from the centre . |
| 47 | When nest building , he will return to his nest with bits of weed to cement it into place , even when the diver is only a few inches away . |
| 48 | In this particular case , the porosity is present in basin plain sediments ( Clark and Tallbacka 1980 ) and therefore the potential pay is only a few metres in thickness . |
| 49 | There is a generous provision for car and coach parking and the centre is only a few minutes walk from the train and bus stations . |
| 50 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 51 | The main problem in Preston today is the traffic , especially along the Main Street , and the church 's foundations must be suffering , as the tower is only a few feet from a sharp bend in the street . |
| 52 | There is very easy access to the centre of Brno , by tram ( which is only a few minutes walk away ) . |
| 53 | ‘ It is only a few miles outside Tbilisi . |
| 54 | France has gone , and Belgium and Holland , and the German army is only a few miles away across the Channel . |
| 55 | Every time the series is shown in Nicaragua , Zimbabwe , Iceland or wherever , I 'm sent something even if it is only a few shillings . |
| 56 | Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might . |
| 57 | One possibility therefore was that the Earth is only a few thousand years old , a second theory is that ancient helium-3 trapped inside the Earth is being ejected by volcanic eruptions and the third idea , Palmer 's , was that the Earth is indeed billions of years old and that fusion is taking place even now . |
| 58 | This is only a few of the Swan Yachts that we have available in Germany . |
| 59 | She has worked her way slowly up the rankings until now she is only a few places behind Durie in the high sixties . |
| 60 | Coed Glas is only a few miles away from Ty Mawr , the controversial children 's home which is to be closed shortly after a major inquiry . |