Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | staining first appears in r3 ( a ) and after a few hours is joined by staining in r5 ( b ) . |
| 2 | On the whole they are not , but the seasonal productivity of a few areas is very high , and subpolar seas include some of the richest patches of ocean known anywhere in the world . |
| 3 | The number of tree species with high proportions of ‘ barked ’ trees is low , but bark of a few species is pulled off in strips up to 10m long as seen in Bombax brevicuspe ( Bombacaceae ) and Lannea welwitschii ( Anacardiaceae ) . |
| 4 | It is probably significant that our own body size of a few feet is roughly in the middle of the range of sizes we can imagine . |
| 5 | And our own lifetime of a few decades is roughly in the middle of the range of times we can imagine . |
| 6 | Optimization of a few parameters is not what people think of , when they speak of learning . |
| 7 | Work-shadowing , whereby a student follows a business person during her normal work routines over a period of a few weeks is becoming increasingly commonplace in the UK . |
| 8 | What they 've done in a matter of a few weeks is put together a data bank of information that 's colossal , and they 're dealing with an enormous amount of , of distress and problems . |
| 9 | The only way to test these predictions in the space of a few years is to observe a sufficient number of protons and see if a few decay . |
| 10 | You think going out and killing oneself for a few shillings is normal to a Masai ? |
| 11 | After coming to a stop with the glider facing into wind , holding the tail down is the worst possible thing , and even leaving the nose unattended for a few moments is dangerous . |
| 12 | Now Somerset is a long way away , but the first stopping place that they can find where they will be left undisturbed for a few days is in the Vale , and very shortly the Vale will be designated , so they 'll have to travel even further into west Oxford , which is going to be , if we 're not careful , the only undesignated district in the whole of the south of England , and I would n't want to be a resident of west Oxford in these circumstances . |
| 13 | The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers . |
| 14 | The removal of many thousands of large whales , especially the krill-feeding rorquals , from the Southern Ocean within a few decades is thought by some ecologists to have favoured the many other species , including fish , birds and seals , that feed on krill . |
| 15 | The tub is kept in a warm place and within a few days is crawling with worms . |
| 16 | As Tudge ( 1988 ) discusses , the facility of plants to regenerate from a few cells is related to the characteristic known as totipotency . |
| 17 | Only in a few cases is it unclear whether a crater is volcanic or from an impact , and in comparably few cases does it seem more likely that a crater is of volcanic origin . |
| 18 | The ready availability of a screening questionnaire that mothers at risk can complete under supervision in a few minutes is potentially useful , but only if health workers and others can rise to the needs of depressed mothers . |
| 19 | These figures suggest that employers , at least with the present education system , largely feel that basic knowledge in a few subjects is all that they find useful for their purpose . |
| 20 | The evidence for arguing that newspaper — and media — ownership is concentrated in a few hands is fairly abundant ( see Table 4.2 ) but this does not , of itself , provide material for analysing the extent to which ‘ this potential for control is actually realized in practice , how exactly it operates and in whose ultimate interest ( it is ) … ’ . |
| 21 | The suggestion that the opposition to the scheme is confined to a few people is rather misleading , as packed village meetings in Stanningfield and Lavenham , which voted to oppose the application , bear witness . |
| 22 | The excessive reliance on a few varieties is making the countryside biologically uniform , and could lead to the proliferation of pests and diseases , according to the report . |