Example sentences of "[prep] a few [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 2 | And he got it , by return — a promise of a few hundred pounds'-worth of schoolbooks , for which the government of Tonga gave due thanks . |
| 3 | It was told to ‘ verify ’ the Angolan peace process with a few hundred unarmed observers , and given neither the instructions nor the resources to disarm the fighters . |
| 4 | The metropolis also houses a host of smaller patches of urban wasteland from a few hundred square metres to several hectares . |
| 5 | Would he ever have got to the Olympics if every time he went to train at his local track he got swamped by the waste from a few thousand local toilets ? |
| 6 | As three cheers rang out from a few dozen loyal supporters gathered in the street below , Mr Kinnock took off his glasses , put them in his pocket , and gave a wistful smile for what might have been to the colleagues clustered around him . |
| 7 | It is a terrifying condemnation of the universal franchise that the nation 's government is determined by a few thousand self-satisfied oafs who ca n't tell a general election from the Eurovision Song Contest . |