Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] by a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a little old lady on Weybridge station platform asked the Irish stationmaster why there were two large wall clocks each giving a different time by a few minutes , the answer came in a fine Irish brogue : ‘ Ah , yes ma'am ! |
| 2 | The Campaign had not been successful in influencing the Trade Unions , possibly because it had been officially characterized as an individual agitation by a few wealthy members . |
| 3 | By the 1930s , the grass flying strip at Monkton , later to be developed into Prestwick Airport , was in regular use by a few pilots , and the aerobatic displays of travelling ‘ flying circuses ’ were a novelty in various parts of Ayrshire . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not a matter of Sun missing volume by a few days , ’ it said , ‘ but by weeks . ’ |
| 5 | For the past 31 years , Scottish-bred salmon returning to your country 's most famous rivers , the Tweed , Forth , Tay , Dee , Don , the Esks , Spey and many others , have been intercepted at sea in enormous numbers by a few English boat fishermen . |
| 6 | The ban itself , while it seems to be justified , appears to be the culmination of an orchestrated plan by a few Ethiopian students . |