Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It consists mostly of plain four-storey brick warehouses with a few more ornate buildings among them . |
| 2 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 3 | We have already quoted part of the letter to Rohde , written in December , which gives the best testimony to Nietzsche 's state of mind : " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years … |
| 4 | So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway . |
| 5 | In late spring , snow surfaces within a few hundred metres of the coast often show a flush of colour , usually pink , green or brownish-yellow , caused by patches of unicellular or colonial algae . |
| 6 | Fired by the skills of Steve Davis , I 'll go along to one of the local snooker halls for a few frames . |
| 7 | Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons . |
| 8 | Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons . |
| 9 | I certainly wo n't be going in the practice room for a few days . ’ |
| 10 | This is the cheaper option , but it may leave you stuck with single glazing and a recurrence of your existing maintenance problems in a few years time . |
| 11 | Failing that , should we put the grand EC official who is in charge of such policies — Mr. Legras — in a veal crate for a few weeks and see whether he changes his mind after that ? |
| 12 | What makes them wait in seedy side rooms for a few moments of dangerous pleasure ? |
| 13 | Just listen to a copper sit there and talk rubbish for a few minutes . |
| 14 | Lij Yasu was arrested four days later near the Sandfords ' farm ; he had been wandering in the Muger valley with a few retainers , hungry and terrified . |
| 15 | As with the merger in 1977 between the then Institute of Bankers and the Savings Banks Institute , the latest partnership will in a few years ' time look entirely natural . |
| 16 | Outside the script departments of a few studios , too many producers have taken lazy routes to their scripts . |
| 17 | He had been running his own freelance investment fund with a few billion yen in assets . |
| 18 | and if you can see our practice nurse in a few weeks |
| 19 | Here the engineers have to carry out most of their work on Sundays when traffic is light , but this often entails diversions and extended journey times followed by temporary speed restrictions for a few further days at the beginning of each week . |
| 20 | Cook the roux paste for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk . |
| 21 | Others , who of course never used a bank , would pawn a five pound note for a few shillings , with instructions ‘ do n't break the note ’ so they could redeem it still in one piece . |
| 22 | Yet a friend with a 14.1hh Welsh Cob says his costs average out at £12 a week ; admittedly she has her own land and he lives out most of the time , but he really earns his living — last year they did everything from Riding Club events to a few days hunting . |
| 23 | ‘ People get nervous because one character in the film calls women bitches , but that 's a reflection of the mind set of a few young black men in America right now . |
| 24 | ‘ PEOPLE GET NERVOUS BECAUSE ONE CHARACTER IN THE FILM CALLS WOMEN BITCHES , BUT THAT 'S A REFLECTION OF THE MIND SET OF A FEW YOUNG BLACK MEN IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ As a player , it 's certainly more gruelling doing my own material than Michael 's , because his is mainly rhythm parts with a few solos . |
| 26 | He expects to sign a facilities management contract within a few weeks that is ‘ bigger ’ than the $53m seven-year contract it signed with Mory-TNTE in December . |
| 27 | The 80R is essentially a twin channel , 80 watt amplifier with a few departures from the norm that are all its own . |
| 28 | A quick spin of his ‘ Sweet Freedom — The Best Of ’ compilation album of a few years back is proof enough that he has had many hits in his home patch without making similar in-roads here . |
| 29 | According to Ms Fearnley , the concentration of listed audit clients among a few firms could present difficulties . |
| 30 | 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 . |