Example sentences of "[adv] a few [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So a few things are going to have to be taken on trust . |
| 2 | If only a few cases were known , they could easily be the result of an animal just happening to die when in a remote spot . |
| 3 | The employees interviewed in the 30 banks all have the responsibility for making lending decisions to small business customers , but in only a few cases were those branch managers as such , because generally the role of dealing with the small business customer is delegated to executives such as the specialised Enterprise Manager , or the Small Business Manager , all of whom had several years ' experience . |
| 4 | The sculptures and inscriptions with which the Romans embellished their cities provide a particularly valuable insight into the purpose of Roman monuments , although only a few sites are known in which buildings , statues and inscriptions survive together . |
| 5 | Only a few minshuku are geared to this and a Japanese breakfast of salted fish , rice and miso ( soup ) is all that is available . |
| 6 | Because it was early in the week only a few tables were taken and they were led to one where they would be least disturbed by the comings and goings from the kitchen and the noise of the other diners . |
| 7 | There was a Soiree in the spring of 1887 and again in 1888 at which " only a few psalms were to be sung , thereby keeping clear of any danger that might creep into our churches by hymns or any other kind of pieces of music . " |
| 8 | There was a Soiree in the spring of 1887 and again in 1888 at which " only a few psalms were to be sung , thereby keeping clear of any danger that might creep into our churches by hymns or any other kind of pieces of music . " |
| 9 | Although Windows 3.1 came supplied with its own font manager in the shape of TrueType , only a few faces are supplied and this may be a problem for anyone running wordprocessing and desktop publishing software , particularly if the software does not supply any extra faces . |
| 10 | Only a few companies are cited and the period is relatively short . |
| 11 | Born in 1903 , a year before Graham Greene , they met only when Orwell was dying ; and only a few letters are known to have passed between them , all composed in polite terms , as if to strangers . |
| 12 | The spectrum is greatly simplified , as only a few vibrations are enhanced . |
| 13 | When only a few records were retrieved the default display would be full . |
| 14 | A sheltered housing project in Thornaby has proved so popular that only a few flats are left . |
| 15 | Only a few answers are actually printed of course , and we endeavour to choose questions ranging over a large area . |
| 16 | Only a few women were on equal terms with their husbands and they recognised their relationships as exceptional . |
| 17 | In only a few areas were there significant differences of political attitude between richer and poorer peasants , and these were wholly overshadowed by a common antipathy towards the landed nobility and determination to see their land transferred into peasant hands . |
| 18 | Birds are prominent on the tundra , especially in summer when migrant waders and waterfowl pour in from the south ; only a few species are year-round residents . |
| 19 | Such large assemblages of young in the charge of only a few adults is known by the French word for a nursery — a creche . |
| 20 | If a site is being destroyed slowly , only a few finds are brought to the surface at any one time , and it may take years of plotting before the whereabouts of the site becomes apparent . |
| 21 | Blue-banded grass parakeets abounded in the neighbourhood of Spring Hill , feeding on corn from the margins of cultivated land in flocks larger than Gould had ever seen before ; compared with the proliferation of different species around Hobart , however , only a few birds were collected on this overland journey . |
| 22 | First , for all the vast span of time of the Triassic , only a few faunas are known ; there must be many others that we do not know about . |
| 23 | One hears odd whispers to the effect that the production of seed is limited , and that only a few growers are allowed to handle them . |
| 24 | Some of the army was camped outside the walls , but only a few sentries were stirring . |
| 25 | When only a few people are involved , a system of property rights may establish the missing market . |
| 26 | It is very sad to think that after Anna tragically committed suicide under a train , only a few people are grieved and the rest of society regard it ‘ as such a woman deserved to end . |
| 27 | Only a few people were interested in how it all began . |
| 28 | The crowd had thinned out now and only a few people were left , dancing in a desultory fashion on the dimly-lit stage . |
| 29 | The arable side of the local economy had been destroyed and whereas many had once found employment in growing corn only a few people were now needed to tend the flocks and herds . |
| 30 | Approaching a set of traffic lights where she normally went straight on , and where the queue ahead seemed to stretch into infinity , she realised that only a few cars were waiting to turn left into the Cheltenham road . |