Example sentences of "[conj] a few [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newly qualified nurses are expected to receive an orientation and induction programme appropriate to their appointments , followed by a consolidation period for a minimum period of three months , when it is recommended that a few hours each week be set aside for learning periods either with other newly qualified staff or as self-directed learning . |
| 2 | It is perhaps surprising , with Healings ' huge mill in nearby Tewkesbury , that a few mills such as Northway and particularly Aston , managed to function for as long as they did . |
| 3 | Most of these are now desolate except for the fifteenth century Church of the Pantanassa , still a convent , and a few others such as the fourteenth century Church of Evangelistria , S. Sophia , c. 1350 , and the fourteenth century Church of Peribleptos . |
| 4 | There are a large number of rare metabolic errors which are purely hereditary and account , despite their large number , for only a small percentage of total illness , and a few conditions such as fatal poisonings which are purely environmental , but in the great majority of conditions both inherited and environmental factors are involved . |
| 5 | He said he mostly cruised now — although he had done several Fastnets and a few Ton-Cups some years ago . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the rug market can be extremely volatile , and a few months either way can make a significant difference to prices . |
| 7 | However , complete accuracy is not important , as a few years either way make little difference to its value or collectability ; placing it in the right quarter of the appropriate century will nearly always suffice . |