Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a few [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Classically these crimes have been seen as a result of a few mentally deranged men . |
| 2 | Some have taken the official statistics at their face value and suggested that such violence is the infrequent action of a few psychologically disturbed men . |
| 3 | Releasing a collection of radio sessions with a few previously unavailable songs in perfect timing for Christmas does appear to be begging for critical crucifixion . |
| 4 | Morrison South was the subject of our most disappointing decision of the year when it became apparent that our continuing effort to sell homes from a few geographically diverse sites in southern California into a very weak market was proving too expensive a strategy . |
| 5 | Entries trickled in all Saturday plus a few just five minutes before the event started on Sunday to bring us up to just about last year 's figure . |
| 6 | Evolution may not be prompted solely by the reproductive excesses of a few strikingly superior individuals . |
| 7 | These will include forms of the verb to be , past tenses of a few highly frequent irregular verbs ( e.g. do , see ) , personal pronouns and negatives . |
| 8 | Thus we see in sociology two strikingly different analyses of crimes of violence against women : one in which they are the infrequent consequence of a few mentally deranged men ( which is supported by the low incidence of such crimes in the criminal statistics ) ; and one in which they are an institutionalized set of practices which are part of an overarching system of gender inequality ( in which the low number of convictions for such crimes is merely evidence of the state 's collusion ) . |
| 9 | Now we were rumbling and petarding up a steep brown-earth road with long , high convent walls on each side , towards a little square with a few dimly lit small shops and pollarded trees like headless ostriches perched on one knobbly leg . |
| 10 | Thank the Lord for a few soberly dressed civilians who actually work . ’ |
| 11 | The aspect of definition in Cézanne 's work , its ‘ measurable ’ quality , is well illustrated by the fact that in one of his later Cubist phases Gris was able to interpret one of Cézanne 's portraits of his wife in terms of a few sharply defined , superimposed planes that capture much of the structural feeling of the original . |
| 12 | I decided that I could find space for a few really large trees and decided to stock fence in front of the spinney and put in an oak and two beech and three ash well away from the fence . |
| 13 | This eventually results in ‘ monopoly capitalism ’ , where economic power is concentrated in the hands of a few very large enterprises . |
| 14 | Mind you , the combination of a few too many pints before the game and only being able to see about 3/4 of the pitch would n't have made for a very comprehensive report anyway ! |
| 15 | However , with the possible exception of a few highly collectable older items , it is only important to translate the signatures and inscriptions on masterworkshop rugs , because the work of different weavers can command considerably different prices . |
| 16 | Guglielmi of course declined to describe his object-oriented operating system beyond a few carefully chosen buzzwords . |
| 17 | There is , on the other hand , a remarkable concentration of female part-time employees in a few mainly low-status occupations , seldom followed by men . |
| 18 | He should not spend all his time on a few only of the questions . |
| 19 | First , those who stress the symbolic role of leaders , or the concentration of power over a few absolutely critical decisions in the hands of a power elite , view leadership as a zero-sum game . |